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Judith Ortiz Cofer (February 24, 1952 – December 30, 2016 [2]) was a Puerto Rican author. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Her critically acclaimed and award-winning work spans a range of literary genres including poetry, short stories, autobiography, essays, and young-adult fiction.
The Line of the Sun, titled La Línea del Sol in the Spanish translation, is a 1989 novel written by Puerto Rican-American author Judith Ortiz Cofer. The story spans three decades, beginning in the late 1930s and ending in the 1960s. [1] The novel is Ortiz Cofer's main work of prose, and its publication helped broaden her readership. [2]
As a Latin American woman, Cofer shares her opinion regarding the stereotypes that have occurred throughout her life. Cofer reflects on her childhood and recognizes differences in the way people interact with her and other non-Latino females. She relates her cultural experience to like being on an island (231).
The Oxford History of the United States book series originated in the 1950s with a plan laid out by historians C. Vann Woodward and Richard Hofstadter for a multivolume history of the United States published by Oxford University Press, modeled on the Oxford History of England, that would provide a summary of the political, social, and cultural history of the United States for a general ...
English: PDF version of the US History Wikibook. This file was created with MediaWiki to LaTeX . The LaTeX source code is attached to the PDF file (see imprint).
Doyle Cofer (1923–1999), an American professional basketball player; James Erwin Cofer (born 1949), a former president of Missouri State University and University of Louisiana; Joseph Cofer Black (born 1950) a former CIA official; Joe Cofer (born 1963), an American football player; Judith Ortiz Cofer (1952–2016), a Puerto Rican American author
Sandra I. Enríquez reviewing the book in Journal of American Ethnic History, published by University of Illinois Press on behalf of the Immigration & Ethnic History Society, wrote, "Rather than writing a traditional, patriotic, and triumphant history of the United States, Ortiz creates a dialogue between the histories of blacks and Latinxs, as ...
American History: A Survey is organized in a way that reflects a high school-level U.S. history course. The chapters follow the nation's history chronologically. In the preface to the book, Brinkley states his purpose is "to be a thorough, balanced, and versatile account of America's past that instructors and students will find accessible and appropriate no matter what approach to the past a ...