Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland

Author:   Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez ,  Levi Romero ,  Spencer R. Herrera ,  Rudolfo Anaya
Publisher:   University of New Mexico Press
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9780826361608


Pages:   376
Publication Date:   30 June 2020
Format:   Paperback
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"New Mexico cultural envoy Juan Estevan Arellano, to whom this work is dedicated, writes that querencia ""is that which gives us a sense of place, that which anchors us to the land, that which makes us a unique people, for it implies a deeply rooted knowledge of place, and for that reason we respect it as our home."" This sentiment is echoed in the foreword by Rudolfo Anaya, in which he writes that ""querencia is love of home, love of place."" This collection of both deeply personal reflections and carefully researched studies explores the New Mexico homeland through the experiences and perspectives of Chicanx and indigenous/Genízaro writers and scholars from across the state. The importance of querencia for each contributor is apparent in their work and their ongoing studies, which have roots in the culture, history, literature, and popular media of New Mexico. Be inspired and enlightened by these essays and discover the history and belonging that is querencia."

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Author:   Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez ,  Levi Romero ,  Spencer R. Herrera ,  Rudolfo Anaya
Publisher:   University of New Mexico Press
Imprint:   University of New Mexico Press
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9780826361608


ISBN 10:   0826361609
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   30 June 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Querencia's evocative prose and engagement with contemporary politics make it an accessible and timely reassessment of New Mexico's historical consciousness, while interlocking geographies of race, gender, and colonialism grant it a broader relevance as a robust framework for borderlands history.--Joseph Ukockis, Western Historical Quarterly Querencia's strength is its ability to foster conversations among the various peoples that populate the Land of Enchantment so that stories are shared and multiple narratives can hold meaning at once.--Daniel Arbino, Western American Literature Inspiring and thought-provoking.--The Literary West Review Vanessa Fonseca-Chavez, Levi Romero, and Spencer R. Herrera bring together in Querencia fifteen Chicanx, Indigenous, and Genizaro writers and scholars whose work provides an insightful and well-considered approach to the ever-complex relationship between place, land, identity, and culture.--Jorge A. Hernandez Jr., New Mexico Historical Review


Inspiring and thought-provoking.--The Literary West Review Vanessa Fonseca-Chavez, Levi Romero, and Spencer R. Herrera bring together in Querencia fifteen Chicanx, Indigenous, and Genizaro writers and scholars whose work provides an insightful and well-considered approach to the ever-complex relationship between place, land, identity, and culture.--Jorge A. Hernandez Jr., New Mexico Historical Review


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Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez is an assistant professor of English at Arizona State University and the coeditor of Spanish Perspectives on Chicano Literature: Literary and Cultural Essays. Levi Romero is an assistant professor of Chicana and Chicano studies at the University of New Mexico. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including A Poetry of Remembrance: New and Rejected Works and Sagrado: A Photopoetics Across the Chicano Homeland (both from UNM Press). Spencer R. Herrera is an associate professor of Spanish at New Mexico State University. He is the author of several books and is a coauthor of Sagrado: A Photopoetics Across the Chicano Homeland (UNM Press).

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