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In I am Joaquin, Joaquin (the narrative voice of the poem) speaks of the struggles that the Chicano people have faced in trying to achieve economic justice and equal rights in the U.S., as well as to find an identity of being part of a hybrid mestizo society. He promises that his culture will survive if all Chicano people stand proud and demand ...
Chicano poets focused on the effects of racism on the Chicana/o community and the perseverance of Chicanos to maintain their cultural, political, and social identity. Nephtalí De León was one early pioneer, writing a poetry book Chicanos in the early 1960s as well as the poems "Hey, Mr. President, Man!," "Coca Cola Dream," and "Chicano ...
Borderlands/La Frontera is a semi-autobiographical work of prose and poetry, approaching subjects such as race, gender, class, and identity. Literary scholar Ana Louise Keating conceptualizes Anzaldúa’s writings in Borderlands as a form of “poet-shaman aesthetics,” which argues that Anzaldúa’s words are intended to have material ...
Poetry Like Bread: Poets of the Political Imagination (Curbstone, 1994) El Coro: A Chorus of Latino and Latina Poetry. University of Massachusetts Press. 1997. ISBN 9781558491113. Martín Espada. His Hands Were Gentle: Selected Lyrics of Víctor Jara (Smokestack, UK, 2012)
The Latino political establishment largely remained quiet Wednesday, with a coalition of major civil rights and advocacy groups postponing a scheduled event where they had been expected to deliver ...
Chicano poet Alurista performing a poetry reading (1982) Chicano poetry is a subgenre of Chicano literature that stems from the cultural consciousness developed in the Chicano Movement. [14] Chicano poetry has its roots in the reclamation of Chicana/o as an identity of empowerment rather than denigration.
After trading barbs in the media with Times columnist Gustavo Arellano, Sheriff Alex Villanueva sits down to discuss Latinos and his administration.
Meet the inaugural LA Vanguardia class, talented Latinos defining the cultural landscape of L.A. and beyond.