The poetry, memoirs, essays, letters, prison journalism, and other forms of writing by Raúl Salin... more The poetry, memoirs, essays, letters, prison journalism, and other forms of writing by Raúl Salinas (1934–2008) were grounded in his commitments to social justice and human rights. He was an early pioneer of contemporary Chicano pinto (prisoner) poetry whose work was characterized by a vernacular, bilingual, free verse aesthetics. Alongside other notables like Ricardo Sánchez, Luis Talamentez, Judy Lucero, and Jimmy Santiago Baca, Salinas helped make Chicana and Chicano prisoner rights an integral part of the agenda of the Chicana/o Movement through his writing and activism while incarcerated (1959–1972) and following his release. He was also a prolific prose writer in prison, and much of his journalism, reflective life writing, essays, and letters from his archives were published following his release. As important as his literary and political production in prisons was for establishing his literary recognition, it is important to note that the scope of his writing expands well bey...
This essay examines how Latinoization, the cultural and social change resulting from the profound... more This essay examines how Latinoization, the cultural and social change resulting from the profound demographic shifts of Latino birthrate and migration, has created a new cultural geography in the Midwest. The project draws on original oral histories from Latina/o citizens and new immigrants, as well as non-Latino cultural mediators who have grappled with the challenges to social and economic integration resulting from real and perceived cultural differences. It discusses many examples where Latinos helped revitalized inner city neighborhoods and become an essential workforce of rural communities experiencing out-migration, even as they are often labeled as outsider and encounter regional cultural frameworks like Minnesota Nice that impede people’s recognition that Latino newcomers and the mainstream community share a mutual destiny.
Latina/o literature is a growing field of study. It is both an emerging literature and a rich his... more Latina/o literature is a growing field of study. It is both an emerging literature and a rich historical one that continues to be documented and uncovered in archival and personal collections. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latina and Latino Literature offers a sweeping introduction to a variety of genres and themes in Latina/o literature from its Latin American origins in the precolonial period to contemporary texts and perspectives. The collection illustrates the historical, social, and political contexts in which successive generations of Latina and Latino authors have written, exploring the interrelationship between geography, national origin, race, gender, sexuality, and other cultural and ethnic identities. Led by Editor in Chief Louis G. Mendoza and an editorial board of experts, this collection throws light not only on how Latina/o texts have evolved since the contact period, but also on how we have come to understand and conceptualize this work over the past three generations. ...
Document outlining recommendations by the task force. Members of the Systemwide Task Force on Div... more Document outlining recommendations by the task force. Members of the Systemwide Task Force on Diversity Louis Mendoza, Co-chair, Professor and Chair, Chicano Studies, CLA Anne L. Taylor, Co-chair, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor, Department of Medicine, Medical School David Weissbrodt, Co-chair, Regents Professor and Fredrikson & Byron Professor, Law School Heidi Barajas, Associate Professor, General College Roberta Cordano, Director, Office of Disability Services, Office for Multicultural & Academic Affairs Sandy Harris, former Vice President for Global Diversity, Thomson Corporation Evy LaChapelle, Executive Assistant, Budget Office, Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. James Morales, Associate Vice Chancellor, Student Services, University of Minnesota Morris K.K. Sinha, Professor, Department of Operations & Management Sciences, Carlson School of Management Noobtsaa Philip Vang, Student, Institute of Technology Karen Zentner Bacig, Staff to the task force, Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost
for grunge guitarists like Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil concerned “how virtuosity might be used and w... more for grunge guitarists like Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil concerned “how virtuosity might be used and what sort of techniques best suited a given aesthetic end.” (274) Ultimately, the contestations that have marked the metal/punk continuum are contestations about the values rock should portray with respect to the musical identities of its audience. This Ain’t the Summer of Love provides compelling evidence for the lived history of those tensions. University of the Pacific Glenn Pillsbury
Abstract: The principal vision of this report is found in Recommendation# 2: In order for the Uni... more Abstract: The principal vision of this report is found in Recommendation# 2: In order for the University system to achieve its goal of becoming one of the top three public research universities in the world, the University must re-align institutional priorities and ...
Abstract: To maximize the level of comfort that will facilitate an equal exchange of ideas instru... more Abstract: To maximize the level of comfort that will facilitate an equal exchange of ideas instructors need to tailor their pedagogy to fit their audience. That means they must consider the extent to which their students have been exposed to computers. The University of ...
Dubbed the emerging "Skip Gates of Latino Studies" by The Chronicle of Higher Education... more Dubbed the emerging "Skip Gates of Latino Studies" by The Chronicle of Higher Education, few could argue with the observation that Amherst College Professor Ilan Stavans enjoys unprecedented notoriety as one of the most public U.S. Latino intellectu als of his time. His prolific production of books, essays, and articles has contributed to and followed his national reputation as an authority on Latino and Latin American Jewish cul ture. More debatable, perhaps, is whether his work merits such accolades. Stavans is the author and editor of no less than fifteen books on U.S. Latino, Latin American, and Jewish literary and cultural criticism whose very tides reflect a broad range of interests and reveal his tendency to make sweeping statements on these sociocultural groups. With an eclectic list of titles such as The Hispanic Condition: Reflections on Culture and Identity in America, The Riddle of Cantinflas: Essays on Hispanic Popular Culture, Tropical Synagogues, The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories and Prosperous Mirror: A Translators Portfolio of Latin America, Stavans has carved a reputation among mainstream media and academic cir cles. His two most current projects illustrate his status as the power broker for Latinos in academia: he is the editor-in-chief of one of Duke University s newest journals, Hopscotch, and the lead editor of the much-anticipated Norton Anthology of Hispanic Literature due out in 2002. The editorial board of each of these projects boasts an impressive lineup of leading Latino writers and scholars. The former project perhaps best epitomizes Stavans s ambitions, as this sleekly packaged journal, now entering its second year, has clearly provided the rela tively young scholar (Stavans is thirty-nine years old) with a consistent platform to air his views on culture and politics; each issue contains a feature essay by Stavans. The second pro ject, as with any canon-forming venture, promises to be the source of much debate and tension as decisions regarding who is included and excluded are scrutinized and evaluated. Born in a secluded upper middle-class Jewish enclave of Mexico City in 1961, Stavans attended Columbia University, where he received his Ph.D. in Spanish in the early 1990s. His meteoric rise in the academic publishing world is nothing less than phenomenal. However, as a November 13, 1999, article by Lynda Richardson in the New York Times notes, Stavans is not without his detractors, many of whom see him as an opportunist and interloper?an ambitious outsider who has managed to present himself as an authentic
The poetry, memoirs, essays, letters, prison journalism, and other forms of writing by Raúl Salin... more The poetry, memoirs, essays, letters, prison journalism, and other forms of writing by Raúl Salinas (1934–2008) were grounded in his commitments to social justice and human rights. He was an early pioneer of contemporary Chicano pinto (prisoner) poetry whose work was characterized by a vernacular, bilingual, free verse aesthetics. Alongside other notables like Ricardo Sánchez, Luis Talamentez, Judy Lucero, and Jimmy Santiago Baca, Salinas helped make Chicana and Chicano prisoner rights an integral part of the agenda of the Chicana/o Movement through his writing and activism while incarcerated (1959–1972) and following his release. He was also a prolific prose writer in prison, and much of his journalism, reflective life writing, essays, and letters from his archives were published following his release. As important as his literary and political production in prisons was for establishing his literary recognition, it is important to note that the scope of his writing expands well bey...
This essay examines how Latinoization, the cultural and social change resulting from the profound... more This essay examines how Latinoization, the cultural and social change resulting from the profound demographic shifts of Latino birthrate and migration, has created a new cultural geography in the Midwest. The project draws on original oral histories from Latina/o citizens and new immigrants, as well as non-Latino cultural mediators who have grappled with the challenges to social and economic integration resulting from real and perceived cultural differences. It discusses many examples where Latinos helped revitalized inner city neighborhoods and become an essential workforce of rural communities experiencing out-migration, even as they are often labeled as outsider and encounter regional cultural frameworks like Minnesota Nice that impede people’s recognition that Latino newcomers and the mainstream community share a mutual destiny.
Latina/o literature is a growing field of study. It is both an emerging literature and a rich his... more Latina/o literature is a growing field of study. It is both an emerging literature and a rich historical one that continues to be documented and uncovered in archival and personal collections. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latina and Latino Literature offers a sweeping introduction to a variety of genres and themes in Latina/o literature from its Latin American origins in the precolonial period to contemporary texts and perspectives. The collection illustrates the historical, social, and political contexts in which successive generations of Latina and Latino authors have written, exploring the interrelationship between geography, national origin, race, gender, sexuality, and other cultural and ethnic identities. Led by Editor in Chief Louis G. Mendoza and an editorial board of experts, this collection throws light not only on how Latina/o texts have evolved since the contact period, but also on how we have come to understand and conceptualize this work over the past three generations. ...
Document outlining recommendations by the task force. Members of the Systemwide Task Force on Div... more Document outlining recommendations by the task force. Members of the Systemwide Task Force on Diversity Louis Mendoza, Co-chair, Professor and Chair, Chicano Studies, CLA Anne L. Taylor, Co-chair, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor, Department of Medicine, Medical School David Weissbrodt, Co-chair, Regents Professor and Fredrikson & Byron Professor, Law School Heidi Barajas, Associate Professor, General College Roberta Cordano, Director, Office of Disability Services, Office for Multicultural & Academic Affairs Sandy Harris, former Vice President for Global Diversity, Thomson Corporation Evy LaChapelle, Executive Assistant, Budget Office, Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. James Morales, Associate Vice Chancellor, Student Services, University of Minnesota Morris K.K. Sinha, Professor, Department of Operations & Management Sciences, Carlson School of Management Noobtsaa Philip Vang, Student, Institute of Technology Karen Zentner Bacig, Staff to the task force, Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost
for grunge guitarists like Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil concerned “how virtuosity might be used and w... more for grunge guitarists like Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil concerned “how virtuosity might be used and what sort of techniques best suited a given aesthetic end.” (274) Ultimately, the contestations that have marked the metal/punk continuum are contestations about the values rock should portray with respect to the musical identities of its audience. This Ain’t the Summer of Love provides compelling evidence for the lived history of those tensions. University of the Pacific Glenn Pillsbury
Abstract: The principal vision of this report is found in Recommendation# 2: In order for the Uni... more Abstract: The principal vision of this report is found in Recommendation# 2: In order for the University system to achieve its goal of becoming one of the top three public research universities in the world, the University must re-align institutional priorities and ...
Abstract: To maximize the level of comfort that will facilitate an equal exchange of ideas instru... more Abstract: To maximize the level of comfort that will facilitate an equal exchange of ideas instructors need to tailor their pedagogy to fit their audience. That means they must consider the extent to which their students have been exposed to computers. The University of ...
Dubbed the emerging "Skip Gates of Latino Studies" by The Chronicle of Higher Education... more Dubbed the emerging "Skip Gates of Latino Studies" by The Chronicle of Higher Education, few could argue with the observation that Amherst College Professor Ilan Stavans enjoys unprecedented notoriety as one of the most public U.S. Latino intellectu als of his time. His prolific production of books, essays, and articles has contributed to and followed his national reputation as an authority on Latino and Latin American Jewish cul ture. More debatable, perhaps, is whether his work merits such accolades. Stavans is the author and editor of no less than fifteen books on U.S. Latino, Latin American, and Jewish literary and cultural criticism whose very tides reflect a broad range of interests and reveal his tendency to make sweeping statements on these sociocultural groups. With an eclectic list of titles such as The Hispanic Condition: Reflections on Culture and Identity in America, The Riddle of Cantinflas: Essays on Hispanic Popular Culture, Tropical Synagogues, The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories and Prosperous Mirror: A Translators Portfolio of Latin America, Stavans has carved a reputation among mainstream media and academic cir cles. His two most current projects illustrate his status as the power broker for Latinos in academia: he is the editor-in-chief of one of Duke University s newest journals, Hopscotch, and the lead editor of the much-anticipated Norton Anthology of Hispanic Literature due out in 2002. The editorial board of each of these projects boasts an impressive lineup of leading Latino writers and scholars. The former project perhaps best epitomizes Stavans s ambitions, as this sleekly packaged journal, now entering its second year, has clearly provided the rela tively young scholar (Stavans is thirty-nine years old) with a consistent platform to air his views on culture and politics; each issue contains a feature essay by Stavans. The second pro ject, as with any canon-forming venture, promises to be the source of much debate and tension as decisions regarding who is included and excluded are scrutinized and evaluated. Born in a secluded upper middle-class Jewish enclave of Mexico City in 1961, Stavans attended Columbia University, where he received his Ph.D. in Spanish in the early 1990s. His meteoric rise in the academic publishing world is nothing less than phenomenal. However, as a November 13, 1999, article by Lynda Richardson in the New York Times notes, Stavans is not without his detractors, many of whom see him as an opportunist and interloper?an ambitious outsider who has managed to present himself as an authentic
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