Floricanto en Aztlan
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0895511479
ISBN-13
9780895511478
Publisher
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press
Imprint
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 4th, 2012
Print length
112 Pages
Weight
499 grams
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The poems blend English, Spanish, and pre-Columbian languages to explore themes of alienation and exploitation in a decidedly Chicano voice. This new edition of Floricanto en Aztlán, Alurista's first book of poetry, includes a new preface by the poet and a new foreword that considers the lasting influence of this important work.
With these one hundred poems Alurista created a highly original poetics that upset the literary conventions of the era. Floricanto en Aztlán was published in 1971, a time of Chicano activism and the search for a Chicano identity. Using Aztlán, the mythical homeland of the Aztecs, as a unifying metaphor and employing indigenous symbols to describe barrio life, the poet inspired his readers, cultivating pride in their cultural past. The poems blend English, Spanish, and pre-Columbian languages to explore themes of alienation and exploitation in a decidedly Chicano voice. This new edition of Floricanto en Aztlán, Alurista's first book of poetry, includes a new preface by the poet and a new foreword that considers the lasting influence of this important work.
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