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Item Details
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MAYAN DRIFTER
CHICANO POET IN THE LOWLANDS OF AMERICA |
| By: |
Juan Herrera |
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Hardback |
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£67.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1566394813 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781566394819 |
| Publisher: |
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS,U.S. |
| Pub. date: |
24 January, 1997 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
Presents the authors journeys to the Maya Lowlands of Chiapas on a quest for his Indio heritage and a vision of the multicultured identity emerging in America. He attempts to shed the trappings and privileges of his life in California in order to reduce his distance from the dispersed and shrinking Mayan population. |
| Synopsis: |
The internal struggle of a Chicano poet returning to the Mexican homeland only to find his Indian realities distorted and exploited |
| Illustrations: |
16 b&w photographs |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Temple University Press,U.S. |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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