Killer cronicas : bilingual memories / Susana Chavez-Silverman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chávez-Silverman, Susana.

Series:

Writing in Latinidad.

Writing in Latinidad

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin Americans--United States--Biography.

Latin Americans.

Chávez-Silverman, Susana.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A woman living and communicating in multiple lands, Susana Chávez-Silverman conveys her cultural and linguistic displacement in humorous, bittersweet, and even tangible ways in this truly bilingual literary work. These meditative and lyrical pieces combine poignant personal confession, detailed daily observation, and a memorializing drive that shifts across time and among geocultural spaces. The author's inventive and flamboyant use of Spanglish, a hybrid English-Spanish idiom, and her adaptation of the confessional "crónica" make this memoir compelling and powerful. Killer Crónicas confirms that there is no Latina voice quite like that of Susana Chávez-Silverman.

Contents:

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; GLOSSARY CRÓNICA; I. MINI PLAYERA RE-ENTRY CRÓNICA; II. FLORA Y FAUNA CRÓNICA; III. "EL CHINO" CRÓNICA; IV. BLOOD/RELATIONS CRÓNICA; V. CELOS PASIONAL CRÓNICA; VI. MEMORY/LAME CRÓNICA; VII. TECOLOTE CRÓNICA; VIII. ROUTE 66 CRÓNICA ; IX. ESTRAGOS ACUÁTICOS CRÓNICA; X. LOS ANGELES CUENCA CRÓNICA; XI. ANTI-SUICIDIO CRÓNICA; XII. ON THE ROAD CRÓNICA; XIII. OTRA VEZ EN HURLINGHAM CRÓNICA; XIV. LOST AND FOUND CRÓNICA; XV. TURKISH DELIGHT CRÓNICA; XVI. AXOLOTL CRÓNICA; XVII. CONO SUR MITZVAH CRÓNICA; XVIII. ANNIVERSARY CRÓNICA

XIX. LITTLE WHITE CAR STOLEN CRÓNICAXX. RE-DESIGN CRÓNICA; XXI. MINI BARRIO NORTE CRÓNICA; XXII. IGUAZÚ CRÓNICA; XXIII. TINY LOVE-RIFF A CABALLITO CRÓNICA; XXIV. KILLER CRÓNICA

Notes:

"Forward by Paul Allatson"--Jacket.

ISBN:

9786612269561

9780299202231

0299202232

9781282269569

1282269569

OCLC:

940510773