Barrios and Borderlands: Cultures of Latinos and Latinas in the United States / Edition 1

by Denis Lynn Daly Heyck

Overview

This unique anthology highlights the diversity of Latino cultural expressions and points out the distinctive features of the three major Latino populations: Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban. It is organized around six central cultural issues: family, religion, community, the arts, (im)migration and exile, and cultural identity. Each chapter focuses on a particular theme by presenting readings from a variety of genres, including short stories, poems, essays, excerpts from novels, a play, photographs, even a few songs and recipes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415903950
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/19/1994
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	707
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Denis Lynn Daly Heyck (Edited by)

Table of Contents

Preface 1. Latinos, Past and Present - Introduction 2. The Ties That Bind - La Familia 3. "Buenos Dias, Mi Dios" - La Religion 4. All for One and One for All - La Comunidad 5. We Come Bearing Gifts - Las Artes 6. In the Belly of the Beast - (Im)migration and Exile 7. My Roots Are Not Mine Alone - La Identidad Cultural

Editorial Reviews

"A veritable everything-but-the-kitchen-sink compendium of modern Latino prose and speech, this volume gives voice to the underappreciated work and art of Mexicans, Puerto Ricans and Mexican-Americans." — Publishers Weekly
"Barrios and Borderlands: Cultures of Latinos and Latinas in the United States by Denis Lynn Daly Heyck, is, in a nutshell, just plain fun reading...Heyck has made an important contribution to the understanding from without and self-reflection from within of the Latino community. As a latino myself I felt enriched by Barrios and Borderlands. I can imagine non-Latinos coming away from this book ...feeling kindred in spirit in this adventure called "America" - at least I hope they do." — Raul Nino, Hungry Mind Review
"...The work is balanced with contributions from many groups and contains a statistical appendix about Latins in the United States...Since Latins are moving everywhere-though sometimes they are not visible, they are there-this book belongs in every library." — Rene Perez-Lopez, ibrary Journal

From the Publisher

A veritable everything-but-the-kitchen-sink compendium of modern Latino prose and speech, this volume gives voice to the underappreciated work and art of Mexicans, Puerto Ricans and Mexican-Americans. Included within these covers are many fascinating interviews, a short play, poetry, fiction, recipes and music. Heyck, a professor at Loyola University, divides the book according to subject--Family, Religion, the Arts, and so on. Unfortunately, some units are not as evenly planned as others. The editor relies on inteviews--lengthy, uninterrupted monologues, really--to fill the book, and most readers will find themselves wanting more fiction. The four lengthy interviews, one on top of the other, weigh down the section on La Communidad , for example. The material here is so diverse that it is best digested in short takes, ``dipping and sampling,'' as Heyck suggests. That way, the most interesting selections--such as Juan Flores's essay on Plena music, Otto Lopez's account of his low-riders' club and Edward Rivera's ``Family Installations''--won't be drowned out by all the competing voices in this intriguing cacophony. Photos. (June)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Textbooks on Latin America often refer to zones of accommodation: old forms do not ever die but are moved somewhat aside by new trends, and all coexist. Heyck (modern languages, Loyola Univ.) points to evidence of the physical, cultural, and individual spaces that the Latins in the United States have created as they have met North America, e.g., recipes, music, painting, literature, and sociological and political essays. The work is balanced with contributions from many groups and contains a statistical appendix about Latins in the United States. The unfortunate use of the pejorative term Marielitos (the Mariel boat people) in the chronology of Latino events does not detract from Heyck's very serious effort at fairness and representativeness. Since Latins are moving everywhere-though sometimes they are not visible, they are there-this book belongs in every library.-Rene Perez-Lopez, Virginia Wesleyan Coll. Lib., Norfolk

Library Journal