| Description |
1 online resource (42 pages) |
| Contents |
Young Memoir -- Mom Vs. The Cholas -- Soaring Above Marquez Livestock -- Ancestry -- Before the Revolt -- How to Make an Adobe Brick -- The Last Good Week -- Young Memoir -- The Asshole -- Beaver Island -- Northwoods -- Presque Isle -- Research -- The Call -- Charlottesville, Parkland High, Etc. Etc. Etc. -- Spacesuits -- Leave This Place -- Young Memoir -- Lorena Bobbitt -- Selena Didn't Know Spanish Either -- Selena Sonnets -- Test Results -- Tragedy & Chorus -- Aggregate Data -- Hoyne at Night -- Jalisco, Tapalpa, Tequila -- The Source Has Exhausted Itself |
| Summary |
"Selena Didn't Know Spanish Either is a debut poetry collection which seeks Tejano pop star Selena Quintanilla as a means of reconnecting to the speaker's cultural identity. As Spanish language and culture becomes more accessible to non-Latinx populations, the speaker grapples with her own complex story of assimilation. Modern marginalization, appropriation, tokenizing, and fetishizing are examined in this multi-generational memoir tracking a Latinx family's journey to assimilation. This dynamic collection is far-reaching, exploring BIPOC experiences in predominantly white cultures"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
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Robert Phillips Chapbook Prize, 2021 |
| Subject |
Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity -- Poetry
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Mexican American families -- Cultural assimilation -- Poetry
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Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity
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| Genre/Form |
poetry.
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Poetry
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Poetry.
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Autobiographical poetry.
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Poésie.
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Poésie autobiographique.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021046513 |
| ISBN |
1680032666 |
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9781680032666 |
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