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Title: Living in Spanglish: The Search for Latino Identity in America by Ed Morales ISBN: 0-312-26232-9 Publisher: LA Weekly Books Pub. Date: 20 March, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Obscure writing style alienated me
Comment: As a latino who has enjoyed occasional plays or songs that used Spanglish as a gimmick, I was curious to read this book that claimed that our entire culture should be re-labeled as Spanglish.
But within a few pages, I realized that the author engages in a self-congratulatory "deconstructionist" style designed to impress a) his writing professor in college, b) his less-educated peers, c) not sure whom? Frequent references to Jack Kerouac, Dubois and others seems more of a last-minute thought to fluff-out or "fatten" the book for press time.
I would not recommend this book for anyone needing to learn about the current Latino culture or our issues; a much better bargain is the free pdf download at Lulac.org website.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Spanglish Antidote to Brown
Comment: With the virtually simultaneous release of Rodriguez's Brown and Morales' Living in Spanglish one gets to see the virtues of Morales' urbane and grounded Latino odyssey compared to the self-indulgent vacuousness of Rodriguez's efforts to make Latinos acceptable to the American mainstream. Morales takes us into places where most don't normally see Latinos from the perspective of a generation forced to absorb a numbing sociocultural ambiguousness. Living in Spanglish is a refreshing tour of the current Latino moment he describes as "Spanglish." This is a book well worth reading.
Rating: 5
Summary: Hard-Hitting Latino Truth...for once!!!
Comment: Ed Morales has done a wonderful job of helping the World understand the complexity and accomplishments of latinos. I love the chapter about Hollywood and pop music celebrities, and the stuff about California, Puerto Rico, and Cuba are hard-hitting and daring. This book rocks my world, and I hope to share it with my family and friends.
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Title: Spanglish : The Making of a New American Language by Ilan Stavans ISBN: 0060087757 Publisher: RAYO Pub. Date: 16 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Latinos: Remaking America by Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco, Mariela Paez, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Doris Sommer ISBN: 0520234871 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Latinos, Inc.: The Marketing and Making of a People by Arlene M. Davila ISBN: 0520227247 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 03 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: Strangers Among Us : Latino Lives in a Changing America by Roberto Suro ISBN: 0679744568 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 18 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Hispanic Nation: Culture, Politics, and the Constructing of Identity by Geoffrey E. Fox ISBN: 0816517991 Publisher: University of Arizona Press Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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