With a Book in Their Hands: Chicano/a Readers and Readerships Across the Centuries

Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 2014. CD5 - A first printing hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Veronica Flores-Paniagua to previous owner on the half-title page and also SIGNED by Carmen Tafolla on her page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some label residue on the front, some wrinkling and crease on the edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, small tear with wrinkling on the bottom of a few inside pages, some light stains and scuffing on the page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. Contributors: Eleanor B. Adams, Helen Fabela Chavez, Alma Ester Cortes, Margarita Cota-Cardenas, Carlos J. Cumpian, Minerva Daniel, Vito De la Cruz, Cuauhtemoc B. Diaz, Argelia Flores, Irma Flores-Manges, Veronica Flores-Paniagua, Shonnon Gutierrez, Hannah Monica, Beth Hernandez-Jason, Anthony Macias, Maria Teresa Marquez, Manuel M. Martin-Rodriguez, Eliud Martinez, Gabriel A. Melendez, Carlos Morton, Veronica Ortega, Ever Rodriguez, Lupe Rodriguez, Shanti Alexandra Sanchez, France V. Scholes, Carmen Tafolla, Carolina Valero, Fernando Vazquez, Lucia D. Vazquez, 9.5"x6.5", 258 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Literary history is a history of reading. What happens during the act of reading is the subject of the branch of literary scholarship known as reader-response theory. Does the text guide the reader? Does the reader operate independently of the text? Questions like these shape the approach of the essays in this book, edited by a scholar known for his groundbreaking work in using reader-response theory as a window into Chicana and Chicano literature. Manuel M. Martín-Rodríguez has overseen several research projects aimed at documenting Chicana and Chicano reading practices and experiences. Here he gathers diverse and passionate accounts of reading drawn from that research. For many, books served as refuges from the sorrows of a childhood marked by violence or parental abandonment. Some of the authors write about growing up in a house full of books. Others found books on the street or came to books via fotonovelas and comic books. Some experienced literature primarily in Spanish; others were not taught Spanish or were even illiterate. Books for many served as refugees from the sorrows of a childhood marked by violence or parental abandonment. And many of the contributors salute the roles of teachers in introducing poetry and stories into their lives.. Signed by Author. First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.