{"product_id":"barrio-logos-ral-homero-villa-9780292787421","title":"Barrio-Logos: Space and Place in Urban Chicano Literature and Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e Struggles over space and resistance to geographic displacement gave birth to much of Chicano history and culture. In this pathfinding book, Ra伃 Villa explores how California Chicano\/a activists, journalists, writers, artists, and musicians have used expressive culture to oppose the community-destroying forces of urban renewal programs and massive freeway development and to create and defend a sense of Chicano place-identity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Villa opens with a historical overview that shows how Chicano communities and culture have grown in response to conflicts over space ever since the United States' annexation of Mexican territory in the 1840s. Then, turning to the work of contemporary members of the Chicano intelligentsia such as Helena Maria Viramontes, Ron Arias, and Lorna Dee Cervantes, Villa demonstrates how their expressive practices re-imagine and re-create the dominant urban space as a community enabling place. In doing so, he illuminates the endless interplay in which cultural texts and practices are shaped by and act upon their social and political contexts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ra伃 Homero Villa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292787421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292787421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.00w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e MLA Prize - Honorable Mention\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2000 pg. 538\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2005 pg. 1777","brand":"Ra伃 Homero Villa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074461626623,"sku":"9780292787421","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb7a38e7-61c1-4f16-bdb6-652841c41d02.jpg?v=1685453880","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/barrio-logos-ral-homero-villa-9780292787421","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}