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From: The American Book Review[Chicano journalist and author Arias is best known for his 1975 novel The Road to Tamazunchale, a work of “magic realism” in the style of Gabriel García Márquez that was nominated for the National Book Award. In this...
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From: Northwest Review[In the following excerpt, Addiego reviews Immigrants in Our Own Land, praising Baca's style and comparing him favorably to Walt Whitman.] [Jimmy Santiago Baca's] Immigrants in Our Own Land is a howl, a growling wail,...
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From: Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide[In the following favorable review of Immigrants in Our Own Land, Taylor comments on the lyricism of Baca's poetry, calling it “astonishingly beautiful.”] Immigrants in Our Own Land is a very disturbing book of poems...
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From:Journal of European Studies (Vol. 28, Issue 1-2) Peer-ReviewedOne of the tactic used by French television films to portray illegal immigrants was the use of associations. Television images were made connecting immigrants to other concepts easily identified with illegality such as...
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From: American Book Review[(review date 1982) In the following review of Baca's first poetic collection, Arias surveys the "gifted" poet's autobiographical journeys of discovery, his essay-like observational pieces, and scattered protest verses.]...
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From:Ploughshares (Vol. 38, Issue 1)You have been sent for and now you must memorize a name. A new name. A borrowed name. Nine thousand feet above sea level, the options are laid out before you: Get the name right and you see your parents again; get the...
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From:Letras Femeninas (Vol. 42, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedEn este ensayo Oswaldo Estrada analiza la mirada crítica de Cristina Rivera Garza con respecto a la frontera entre México y los Estados Unidos. Tomando en cuenta varios de sus ensayos, incluidos en las colecciones...
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From:Commentary (Vol. 138, Issue 3)A SCANDAL involving rape, ethnicity, religion, and the willful failure of Britain's public authorities to protect thousands of girls from horrific exploitation has become international news. But while some of the...
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From:Research in African Literatures (Vol. 41, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedEmploying as a reading strategy the controversial notion of "sampling" as understood in the context of hip-hop music, this article analyzes Calixthe Beyala's multiple literary borrowings in The Little Prince of...
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From:MELUS (Vol. 27, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedWhen I teach college composition to ESL students, I spend much of my time thinking about linguistic matters. But, since I am a student of rhetoric, I also try to understand the goals my students hope to achieve with...
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From:Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (Vol. 46, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedLike many places in the United States, Iowa has recently experienced a major influx of non-English-speaking immigrants, many of whom are from war-torn countries. During the 1990s, the number of limited English...
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From:Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal (Vol. 30, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedJoanne van Dijk has recently completed a Ph.D. in Sociology at McMaster University. Her major research interests are in the areas of ethnicity and aging. She has taught part-time for the Office of Gerontological...
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From:Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal (Vol. 31, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedEdward B. Harvey is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. His area of specialization is applied social research and policy studies with a particular emphasis in the fields of education, labour markets and...
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From:MELUS (Vol. 22, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe first group of ethnic Czech immigrants to Texas arrived in 1851. (1) Other groups followed, but immigration was impeded by the American Civil War, and fewer than 800 foreign-born Czechs lived in Texas in 1870...
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From:Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal (Vol. 30, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT/RESUME This paper examines the ethnic strategies of Chinese business immigrants who have come to Canada as "entrepreneurs" under the auspices of the Canadian Business Immigration Program. It applies the...
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From:Southern Cultures (Vol. 22, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed"When you live your life, it is like going to a rice paddy. Your focus is on the rice, hut along the way you may pick up a cricket or see a snail. You take what you can along the way: life is not tunnel vision."--Lao...
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From:Spectator (Vol. 326, Issue 9719)Thoroughly cheering news emerged this week that left-handed people are likely to earn between 10 and 12 per cent less than their right-handed colleagues. (So 11 per cent less, then). Good. I have never cared for...
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From:Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal (Vol. 41, Issue 1-2) Peer-ReviewedAbstract This paper explores the stages of ethnic and religious adaptation and transformation of two immigrant groups: Christian Orthodox Egyptians--Copts--and Dutch Canadian Calvinists. While the Copts are...
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From:Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political TheoryPeer-ReviewedThis article deals with the civic integration of migrants, focusing on the process immigrants undergo to become nationals of new states. Discussing some recent advances in immigration policies in European Union...
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From:Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature (Vol. 43, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis article analyzes the ways that gender and race inform the portrayals of native-born Spaniards and immigrants in Flores de otro mundo (Flowers from Another World) (1999), Un novio para Yasmina A Fiance for Yasmina'...