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Title:

With a book in their hands : Chicano/a readers and readerships across the centuries / edited by Manuel M. Mart©Ưn-Rodr©Ưguez.

Publisher:

University of New Mexico Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xxx, 258 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Mexican American authors--Books and reading.
American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Mexican Americans--Books and reading.
Books and reading--United States.
Book collecting--United States.

Other Authors:

Mart©Ưn-Rodr©Ưguez, Manuel M. editor of compilation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Pt. 1. Readers' testimonies. Personal biography : a house full of books / Alma Ester Cort©♭s -- Learning to read / Argelia Flores -- Learned to read at my momma's knee / Carlos Cumpi©Łn -- La mees chancla / Carmen Tafolla -- On reading : books in my life / Eliud Mart©Ưnez -- Holy scripture / Ever Rodr©Ưguez -- Storm's impact one for the books / Veronica Flores-Paniagua -- Gift of poetry, gift of reading / Irma Flores-Manges -- The bookcase / Luc©Ưa de Anda V©Łzquez -- Pocho librolandia ; or, Yes we do read too / Anthony Mac©Ưas -- Un juego de libros a©łejos / Margarita Cota-C©Łrdenas -- A set of old books / Margarita Cota-C©Łrdenas -- Sea fever / Maria Kelson -- Reading Thomas Hardy / Mar©Ưa Teresa M©Łrquez -- They say that Mejicanos don't read / Minerva Daniel -- In the stacks / Monica Hanna -- Los libros de mi padre / Shanti A. S©Łnchez -- My father's books / Shanti A. S©Łnchez -- Reading saved me from the chaos / Shonnon Guti©♭rrez -- The importance of libraries and Chicano literature / Veronica Ortega -- Nena / Vito de la Cruz -- Revisiting Nancy Drew / Beth Hernandez-Jason -- pt.2. Oral interviews from the Chicano/a Readers Oral Project. Fernando V©Łzquez / Cuauht©♭moc B. D©Ưaz -- Lupe Rodr©Ưguez -- Helen Fabela Ch©Łvez -- pt. 3. Reading in the past : personal libraries and reading histories. El don de Olegario (Olegario's gift) / Carlos Morton -- Growing up : book culture in the land of scarcity and want / A. Gabriel Mel©♭ndez -- The family library of Miguel A. Otero : an analysis and inventory / Manuel M. Mart©Ưn-Rodr©Ưguez -- Two colonial New Mexico libraries : 1704, 1776 / Eleanor B. Adams -- Books in New Mexico, 1598-1680 / Eleanor B. Adams and France V. Scholes.

ISBN:

0826354769 (hbk.)
9780826354761 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)864501696

LCCN:

2013048361

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)