Curandera
Published on 1. May 2012
81 pages
978-1-60940-240-2 (ISBN)
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Featuring historic photos of the Chicano Movement in San Antonio and a new introduction, this is the 30th-anniversary edition of Carmen Tafolla's first solo poetry collection. Having filled a cultural and linguistic void in 1983, when it was first published, this compilation showcases the poet''s creation of a literary language from the natural Spanish and English code-switching of the barrios of San Antonio. Banned in Arizona along with many other multicultural books, this work celebrates bilingual and bicultural diversity and the power of individual imagination while simultaneously examining social inequities. Many poems from this book have been widely anthologized throughout the past three decades.
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Curandera
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09/2012
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Content
- Cover
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- Introduction (2012), by Norma E. Cantú
- Prólogo (1983), by Rolando Hinojosa
- I. POEMAS CASEROS
- Tía Sofia
- Esa Casa Ya No Existe
- Los Corts 1 (la madre)
- Los Corts 2 (el chamaquito)
- Los Corts 3 (la pachuquita)
- Los Corts 4 (the dropout)
- Los Corts 5 (la viejita)
- II. SPIRITS BETWEEN SIGLOS
- Warning
- Aquí
- "Cuilmas"
- Resfrío de alma
- ¡Ajay!
- Ancient House
- Caminitos
- III. CUENTOS PARA EL CURANDERO
- Quality Literature
- Voyage
- And When I Dream Dreams.
- Pozo Libre
- IV. UN TECITO
- Medicine Poem
- Curandera
- Tierra Brujo
- Rain Seeds
- Y cuando pienso en tí
- Author's Note (2012)
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- About the Artist
