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Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera. Updated Edition.

By Norma Elia Cantú

Book information

Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780826356208, 2015020148, 9780826356192
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4042970 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-01-11 15:36:39
Biography & Autobiography; Nonfiction; BIO022000

Description

Winner of the Premio Aztlán Literary Prize Canícula—the dog days—a particularly intense part of the summer when most cotton is harvested in South Texas. In Norma Cantú's fictionalized memoir of Laredo in the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s, it also represents a time between childhood and a still-unknown adulthood. Snapshots and the author's re-created memories allow readers to experience the pivotal events of this world—births, deaths, injuries, fiestas, and rites of passage. In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the original publication, this updated edition includes newly written pieces as well as never-before-published images—culled from hundreds of the author's family photos—adding further depth and insight into this unique contribution to Chicana literature.

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