The Adventures of Juan ChicaspatasThe best-selling Chicano novelist, author of the prize-winning "Bless Me, Ultima," turns his pen to narrative poetry in this mock epic. Here the myths and history of Mexico and the Southwest are revised in the phantasmagoric marijuana dream peopled by gods, ghosts and, of all things, the neighborhood Pachucos. |
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Adventures of Juan Arte Público Press Aztec Aztlán Aztatlán barrio beat her withered beautiful begat brujos of Moctezuma Buenota called Ilhuicamina Caves of Aztlán Chicano Air Force Chicano sons Chicomoztoc Chief Priest Chingada Madre Coatepec Coatlicue conquistador Cortés dark Don Penco Doña Eagle-Serpent earth of Aztlán el Mero Chingón epic hero españoles explore the boudoirs Go and tell goddess gods grandma hijos hombres homeland huipil Huitzilopochtli indios inhabitants of Aztlán jainas jefita join Moctezuma knelt la Llorona la raza left Aztlán Llorona loco Lowriders maguey Malinche answered Malinche smiled Mamá Malinche mamasota María Juana Mero Chingón mestizos Mexicanos Mexico México-Tenochtitlan Moctezuma replied mother Malinche Movida Chueca Mujeres noble Pachucos Penco cried Penco smiled Penco whispered proud Juan Quetzalcoatl raza returned to Aztlán Santo Menos seven caves sing sixty brujos sons of Malinche stoked her furnace sword of Santo Tenochtitlan tribes trusty companion truth Virgen de Guadalupe women wooden sword
References to this book
There Was a Woman: La Llorona from Folklore to Popular Culture Domino Renee Perez Limited preview - 2008 |