Elegy on the Death of César Chávez
Elegy on the Death of César Chávez

Author: Rudolfo A. Anaya

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13:

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The heroic life of labor and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez greatly influenced the political and creative thinking of famed Chicano novelist Rudolfo Anaya. After Chavez' death in 1992, Anaya wrote this poem eulogizing the man and his life's work. Echoing Shelley's elegy on the death of John Keats, the poem expresses the grief of la gente, but closes by calling all peoples together to continue the non-violent struggle for freedom and justice. The book--endorsed by the Cesar Chavez Foundation--includes an essay by Anaya detailing the effect that Chavez had on his own vision and a chronology of Chavez' life. Powerful super realistic illustrations by Gaspar Enriquez bring home the significance of Cesar Chavez to the American cultural landscape. "Cesar Chavez' accomplishments in fighting for the rights of farm workers, civil rights, environmental justice, and non-violence stand next to two of the 20th century's greatest leaders--Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."--Carlos Santana Rudolfo Anaya (his classic novel Bless Me, Ultima has 1,000,000-plus in print) has earned international acclaim for his skillful mingling of realism, fantasy and myth while exploring the experiences of Hispanics in the American Southwest. Besides being the author of numerous novels and children's books, Mr. Anaya has been called "the godfather of Chicano literature" and "un hijo del pueblo" for his work as an activist for the literature of his people and his region. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Artist Gaspar Enriquez is nationally known for his super-realistic, airbrush paintings of young men and women from the barrios of his hometown El Paso. Using the same technique, he collaged images of Cesar Chavez, farm workers, police, newspaper article, fields of grapes and icons of La Raza and Aztlan to create the ambiance of the life and times of this hero.

Elegy On The Death Of Cesar Chavez
Elegy On The Death Of Cesar Chavez

Author: Rudolfo A. Anaya

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 2004-04-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780606331326

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Chicano novelist Rudolfo Anaya was greatly influenced by the heroic life of labor and civil rights activist Cisar Chavez. Anaya eulogizes Cisar and his work, expressing the grief of la gente and calling all peoples together to continue the nonviolent struggle for freedom and justice. Includes a chronology of Cesar's life. Rudolfo Anaya, author of "Bless Me, Ultima," has earned international acclaim for his skillful mingling of realism, fantasy and myth. He lives in Albuquerque.

César Chávez
César Chávez

Author: Ilan Stavans

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-02-09

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 0313364893

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Labor leader, social justice advocate, Chicano leader, and humanitarian are only some of the multifaceted renderings of César Chávez. Ilan Stavans has compiled essays and first-person narratives that capture the multiple dimensions of this storied figure. To that end, Stavans's collection of timely articles separates fact from fiction, or as he puts it the "objective is the opposite of hagiography." Broken into two sections, César Chávez explores a variety of topics central to understanding the actual person instead of a shadowy apparition. The first part, "Considerations" offers critical assessments of Chávez's life that utilize different approaches to understanding his life, including cultural studies critiques, historical narrative that provide invaluable context, and even eulogies following his untimely death. The second section, "Voices" includes personal reflections on Chávez's life that explore his religiosity, his role as an "everyman," and the decline of the United Farm Workers union. The title is certain to assist readers in better comprehending this groundbreaking labor leader.

Integrating Multicultural Literature in Libraries and Classrooms in Secondary Schools
Integrating Multicultural Literature in Libraries and Classrooms in Secondary Schools

Author: KaaVonia Hinton

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2007-05-01

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 1586833618

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Reach students across all cultures with multicultural literature! Help all students learn to read, comprehend, and gain information literacy skills through multicultural literature. Use this book to provide hands-on instruction to help students connect, learn, and achieve Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)! Sample standards-based, integrated lesson plans and curriculum units show teachers how to really integrate multicultural materials in their lessons to help all students achieve. This is an excellent resource for teachers and librarians who teach and motivate English Language Learners (ELL) and students from all cultures.

The Fight in the Fields
The Fight in the Fields

Author: Susan Ferriss

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780156005982

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Examines the fight of the United Farm Workers Union.

We Are Not Beasts of Burden
We Are Not Beasts of Burden

Author: Stuart A. Kallen

Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books

Published: 2010-08-01

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 0761346082

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Examines how the Delano Grape Strike held from 1965 to 1970 brought about changes to how migrant workers were treated.

Borderlands Children’s Theatre
Borderlands Children’s Theatre

Author: Cecilia Josephine Aragón

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-03-03

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1000533824

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This book chronicles the child performer as part of the Chicana/o/Mexican-American theatre experience. Borderlands Children’s Theatre explores the phenomenon of the Chicana/o/Mexican-American child performer at the center of Chicana/o and Latina/o theatre culture. Drawing from historical and contemporary theatrical traditions to finally the emergence of Latina/o Youth Theatre and Latina/o Theatre for Young Audiences, it raises crucial questions about the role of the child in these performative contexts and about how childhood and adolescence was experienced and understood. Analyzing contemporary plays for Chicana/o/Mexican-American child performer, it introduces theorizations of "performing mestizaje" and "border crossing" borderlands performance, gender, and ethnic identity and investigates theatre as a site in which children and youth have the opportunity to articulate their emerging selfhoods. This book adds to the national and international dialogue in theatre and gives voice to Chicana/o/Mexican-American children and youth and will be of great interest to students and scholars of Theatre studies and Latina/o studies.

Writing on the Edge
Writing on the Edge

Author: Tom Miller

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780816522415

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Gathers essays, poems, song lyrics, and short stories about the U.S.-Mexico borderland, with contributions by many famous literary figures.

Yes! We Are Latinos
Yes! We Are Latinos

Author: Alma Flor Ada

Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1632896176

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Juanita lives in New York and is Mexican. Felipe lives in Chicago and is Panamanian, Venezuelan, and black. Michiko lives in Los Angeles and is Peruvian and Japanese. Each of them is Latino. Thirteen young Latinos and Latinas living in America are introduced in this book celebrating the rich diversity of the Latino and Latina experience in the United States. Free-verse fictional narratives from the perspective of each youth provide specific stories and circumstances for the reader to better understand the Latino people’s quest for identity. Each profile is followed by nonfiction prose that further clarifies the character’s background and history, touching upon important events in the history of the Latino American people, such as the Spanish Civil War, immigration to the US, and the internment of Latinos with Japanese ancestry during World War II. Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy’s informational yet heartwarming text provides a resource for young Latino readers to see themselves, while also encouraging non-Latino children to understand the breadth and depth of the contributions made by Latinos in the US. Caldecott Medalist David Diaz’s hand-cut illustrations are bold and striking, perfectly complementing the vibrant stories in the book. YES! WE ARE LATINOS stands alone in its presentation of the broad spectrum of Latino culture and will appeal to readers of fiction and nonfiction.