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"Winner of the Premio Aztlán Literary PrizeCanícula--the dog days--a particularly intense part of the summer when most cotton is harvested in South Texas. In Norma Cantú's fictionalized memoir of Laredo in the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s, it also represents a time between childhood and a still-unknown adulthood. Snapshots and the author's re-created memories allow readers to experience the pivotal events of this world--births, deaths, injuries, fiestas, and rites of passage.In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the original publication, this updated edition includes newly written pieces as well as never-before-published images--culled from hundreds of the author's family photos--adding further depth and insight into this unique contribution to Chicana literature"--

Mexican American families --- Mexican American teenage girls --- Texas --- Teenage girls, Mexican American --- Teenage girls

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Tales --- Mexican fiction --- Contes --- Roman mexicain

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Martín Ramírez, a Mexican migrant worker and psychiatric patient without formal artistic training, has been hailed by leading New York art critics as one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists. His work has been exhibited alongside masters such as José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall, Paul Klee, and Joan Miró. A landmark exhibition of Ramírez’s work at the American Folk Art Museum in 2007 broke attendance records and garnered praise from major media, including the New York Times, New Yorker, and Village Voice. Martín Ramírez offers the first sustained look at the life and critical reception of this acclaimed artist. Víctor Espinosa challenges the stereotype of outsider art as an indecipherable enigma by delving into Ramírez’s biography and showing how he transformed memories of his life in Mexico, as well as his experiences of displacement and seclusion in the United States, into powerful works of art. Espinosa then traces the reception of Ramírez’s work, from its first anonymous showings in the 1950s to contemporary exhibitions and individual works that have sold for as much as a half-million dollars. This eloquently told story reveals how Ramírez’s three-decades-long incarceration in California psychiatric institutions and his classification as “chronic paranoid schizophrenic” stigmatized yet also protected what his hands produced. Stripping off the labels “psychotic artist” and “outsider master,” Martín Ramírez demonstrates that his drawings are not passive manifestations of mental illness. Although he drew while confined as a psychiatric patient, the formal elements and content of Ramírez’s artwork are shaped by his experiences of cultural and physical displacement.

Mexican American artists --- Artists with mental disabilities --- Foreign workers, Mexican --- Outsider artists --- Ramírez, Martín,

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Défend l'idée que J. Vasconcelos est le représentant d'une authentique pensée philosophique, loin de la répétition des enseignements européens. Selon l'auteur, il fait le lien entre la théorie intellectuelle et la pratique politique et interroge le passé philosophique latino-américain. ©Electre 2016

Philosophy, Mexican --- Philosophie mexicaine --- Vasconcelos, José, --- Criticism and interpretation

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"Así habla Liborio. De esa forma piensa. Él debe dejar México, esa tierra que no le ha ofrecido nada más que golpes y el instinto de sobrevivencia, tras un asesinato imprudencial. Cruza, como tantos otros, el Río Bravo para llegar "a la tierra prometida". Y en un barrio indefinido de cualquier ciudad gringa, este mojado nos cuenta su historia. Aura Xilonen, en un ingleñol que sorprende, narra los problemas sociales, el miedo, la soledad, pero también el amor al que los migrantes se enfrentan en un país del que siempre serán expulsados. Gracias a los recuerdos y a la voz de Liborio descubrimos una infancia desnutrida, abandonada, y una juventud en la que ya no importa arriesgar todo. Él empieza trabajando en una librería donde descubre la inutilidad de las palabras; después conoce a la mujer con la que fantaseará hasta llegar a la obsesión; y finalmente encontrará un camino en el que, tal vez, consiga salvarse: será un boxeador. La vida de Liborio es deslumbrante por el lenguaje con el que está hilvanada y el cual demuestra, a su vez, resistencia y fascinación."--Page 4 of cover.

Boxeadores --- Boxers (Sports) --- Boxers (Sports). --- Immigrants --- Immigrants. --- Inmigrantes --- Mexican Americans --- Mexican Americans. --- Mexicano-americanos --- Mexico. --- Spanish-American literature