Hecho En Tejas

Gilb, Dagoberto, Ed.

ISBN 10: 082634125X / ISBN 13: 9780826341259

Published by University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 2006

About this Item

First Printing of this beautiful anthology of Texas Mexican Literature. Also includes photographs, prints and paintings. Signed by contributing authors Dagoberto Gilb, Rolando Hinojosa, Tony Diaz, Macarena Hernandez, Santiago Jimenez Jr., and Diana Lopez. Seller Inventory # 002128

Bibliographic Details

Title: Hecho En Tejas

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque

Publication Date: 2006

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition

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Synopsis:

Once an independent nation, Texas has always been proud of its unique culture. The literature of the Lone Star State has long attracted local, regional, and national audiences and critics, yet the state's Mexican American voices have yet to receive the attention they deserve. "Hecho en Tejas" is a historic anthology that establishes the canon of Mexican American literature in Texas. With close to one hundred selections chosen, the book reaches back to the sixteenth-century exploration narrative of Texas' first Spanish-speaking writer, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca. It features prose by Americo Paredes and Jovita Gonzalez, Rolando Hinojosa and Tomas Rivera, Estela Trambley Portillo, and Sandra Cisneros. Among the poets included in the anthology are Ricardo Sanchez, Carmen Tafolla, Angela de Hoyos, and Abelardo 'Lalo' Delgado. "Hecho en Tejas" also includes corridos from the turn of the century and verses sung by music legends such as Lydia Mendoza and Santiago Jimenez, Sr., Freddy Fender, and Selena. In addition to these established names, already known across the United States, "Hecho en Tejas" introduces such younger writers as Christine Granados, Erasmo Guerra, and Tonantzin Canestaro-Garcia, the famous Tejano authors of tomorrow. In assembling this canonic reader, Dagoberto Gilb has created more than an anthology. Read cover to cover, "Hecho en Tejas" becomes not only a literary showcase, but also a cultural and historical narrative both for those familiar with Texas Mexicans and for outsiders. "Hecho en Tejas" is a mosaic portrait of the community, the land and its history, its people's sorrows and joys, anger and humour and pride, what has been assimilated and what will not be.

About the Author:

Dagoberto Gilb is the author of four books of fiction and nonfiction, including the 1994 PEN/Hemingway Award-winnng The Magic of Blood, as well as The Last Known Residence of Mickey Acuna, Woodcuts of Women, and Gritos. He lives in Austin.