Puentes Y Fronteras / Bridges And Borders: Bridges and Borders (English, Spanish and Spanish Edition) - Softcover

Valdes, Gina; King, Katherine Callen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0927534622 ISBN 13: 9780927534628

Publisher: Bilingual Pr, 1996

Synopsis

Using the simple copla, a Spanish verse from the oral tradition, Gina Valdes explores the barriers between people and countries, between the United States and Mexico, and between lovers and friends. This is the first English edition of this work.

About this title

From the Back Cover

In Puentes y fronteras/Bridges and Borders Gina Valdes uses the copla, a Spanish verse form that harks back to the Middle Ages and arises from the popular oral tradition, to explore the barriers between people and countries, whether those barriers are legal and physical, such as the border between the United States and Mexico, or personal, between lovers and friends. Valdes uses the copla both as a protest against elite poetic forms and for transmitting social protest. Her voice combines the feminist demand for power and expression with the social critic's demand for justice. This volume is a revised edition of her earlier work of the same title, previously available only in Spanish. The English translation is by the author and Katherine King.

About the Author

Valdes was born in Los Angeles, CA and grew up on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, she received a B.A. in creative writing and an M.A. in Spanish lit.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bilingual Pr
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0927534622
• ISBN 13: 9780927534628
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• Number of pages: 82