International Studies in Honor of Tomás Rivera

International Studies in Honor of Tomás Rivera

  • Author: Olivares, Julián
  • Publisher: Arte Público Press
  • ISBN: 9780934770606
  • eISBN Pdf: 9781518501852
  • Place of publication:  Houston , United States
  • Year of publication: 2017
  • Pages: 200

Tomás Rivera, author of the award-winning novel …y no se lo tragó la tierra, passed away in 1985 and is commemorated in recollections by Rolando Hinojosa and Américo Paredes and studies of his prose and poetry by leading critics of Chicano literature.

  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • In Honor of Tomás Rivera, Julián Olivares
  • Legacy, Evangelina Vigil-Piñón
  • Tomás Rivera: Recollections and Essays
    • Tomás Rivera: Remembrances of an Educator and Poet, Rolando Hinojosa-Smith
    • Thoughts on Tomás Rivera, América Paredes
    • . . . y no se lo tragó la tierra: With Tomás Rivera in Spain and Personal Memories, James H. Abbott
    • Tomás Rivera: The Ritual of Remembering, Luis Leal
    • Tomás Rivera: Witness and Storyteller, Eliud Martínez
    • Language and Dialog in ... y nose lo tragó la tierra, Nicolás Kanellos
    • The Search for Being, Identity and Form in the Work of Tomás Rivera, Julian Olivares
    • Invisible Women in the Narrative of Tomás Rivera, Patricia de la Fuente
    • The Patriarchal Ideology in "La noche que se apagaron las luces," Sylvia S. Lizárraga
    • The Discourse of Silence in the Narrative of Tomás Rivera, Lauro Flores
  • Chicano and Hispanic Literature of the United States
    • Growing Up Chicano: Tomás Rivera and Sandra Cisneros, Erlinda González-Berry and Tey Diana Rebolledo
    • Fragmentation in the Chicano Novel: Literary Technique and Cultural Identity, John C. Akers
    • Bilingual Poetry: A Chicano Phenomenon, Susan E. Bassnett
    • The Presence of Native Americans in Chicano Literature, Heiner Bus
    • Chicano Literature: A European Perspective, Dieter Herms
    • Hispanic Literature in the United States: Self-Image and Conflict, Eliana S. Rivero
    • A Closing Note, Nicolás Kanellos
    • Appendices: Two Letters
    • Contributors

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