Crimes of the tongue : essays and stories

Crimes of the tongue : essays and stories / Alicia Gaspar de Alba.

"A native of El Paso/Ciudad Jùrez region, acclaimed author and scholar Alicia Gaspar de Alba writes that she grew up with a 'forked tongue and a severe case of cultural schizophrenia, the split in the psyche that happens to someone who grows up in the borderlands between nations, language...

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Main Author: Gaspar de Alba, Alicia, 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houston, Tex. : Arte Público Press, [2023]
Subjects:
American essays > 21st century.
Short stories, American > 21st century.
American literature > 20th century.
American essays.
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Summary:"A native of El Paso/Ciudad Jùrez region, acclaimed author and scholar Alicia Gaspar de Alba writes that she grew up with a 'forked tongue and a severe case of cultural schizophrenia, the split in the psyche that happens to someone who grows up in the borderlands between nations, languages and cultures'. Border dwellers struggle with place and identity in the short fiction in this collection."--Back cover
Physical Description:ix, 237 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:1558859578
9781558859579

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