| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 260 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Viewpoints on American culture
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Viewpoints on American culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Victoria Reid and the politics of identity / María Raquel Casas -- Gertrudis Barceló : La Tules of image and reality / Deena J. González -- Adventures of Loreta Janeta Velázquez : Civil War spy and storyteller / Amy Dockser Marcus -- María Amparo Ruiz de Burton and the power of her pen / Rosaura Sánchez and Beatrice Pita -- Lola Rodríguez de Tió and the Puerto Rican struggle for freedom / Edna Acosta-Belén -- Teresa Urrea : curandera and folk saint / Marian Perales -- Luisa Capetillo : feminist of the working class / Nancy A. Hewitt -- Adelina Otero Warren : rural aristocrat and modern feminist / Elizabeth Salas -- Pura Belpré : the children's ambassador / Lisa Sánchez González -- Jovita González Mireles : a sense of history and homeland / María Eugenia Cotera -- Luisa Moreno and Latina labor activism / Vicki L. Ruiz -- Carmen Miranda : the high price of fame and bananas / Brian O'Neil -- Antonia Pantoja and the power of community action / Virginia Sánchez Korrol -- Ana Mendieta's art : a journey through her life / Carlos A. Cruz -- Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers / Alicia Chávez. |
| Summary |
An exploration of Latinas in the United States from the 1800s, this collection of narrative biographies documents the lives of fifteen remarkable individuals who witnessed, defined, defied, and wrote about the forces that shaped their lives. This anthology profiles Victoria Reid, Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Maria Gertrudis Barcelo, and more. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hispanic American women -- Biography.
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Hispanic American women -- Biography. |
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Hispanic American women. |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Ruíz, Vicki.
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Sánchez Korrol, Virginia.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Latina legacies. New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 0195153987 0195153995 (DLC) 2004050131 (OCoLC)55228949 |
| ISBN |
9780198035022 (electronic book) |
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0198035020 (electronic book) |
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1423720172 (electronic book) |
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9781423720171 (electronic book) |
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1433700492 |
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9781433700491 |
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9780195153989 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0195153987 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780195153996 (paperback) |
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0195153995 (paperback) |
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