Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and

Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicana and Chicano Literature

As the descendants of Mexican immigrants have settled throughout the United States, a great literature has emerged, but its correspondances with the literature of Mexico have gone largely unobserved. In Bordering Fires, the first anthology to combine writing from both sides of the Mexican-U.S. border, Cristina Garcâ€™a presents a richly diverse cross-cultural conversation. Beginning with Mexican masters such as Alfonso Reyes and Juan Rulfo, Garcâ€™a highlights historic voices such as â€œthe godfather of Chicano literatureâ€ Rudolfo Anaya, and Gloria AnzaldÅ“a, who made a powerful case for language that reflects bicultural experience. From the fierce evocations of Chicano reality in Jimmy Santiago Bacaâ€™s Poem IX to the breathtaking images of identity in Coral Brachoâ€™s poem â€œFish of Fleeting Skin,â€ from the work of Carlos Fuentes to Sandra Cisneros, Ana Castillo to Octavio Paz, this landmark collection of fiction, essays, and poetry offers an exhilarating new vantage point on our continentâ€“and on the best of contemporary literature.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781400077182
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2006-10-10
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781400077182

Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicana and Chicano Literature