Pa L Otro Lado

Pa’l Otro Lado, a prequel to Mariguano, spans five generations of violence and tragedy in the Cortina family while narrating their forced migration to the United States from Northern Mexico. It is the tale of every working-class family who has come to realize that “you just can’t win.” Hunger and poverty drive the characters in this novel to abandon all hopes of attaining the American Dream and to resign themselves simply to survive. P’al Otro Lado is full of the baddest hombres and the nastiest women we all know, love, and call family.

This is a book that for over forty years was carefully researched and footnoted by the principal author Ernest S. Sanchez. It is a story that is weaved together by multiple interviews with families and their familial history that makes this account and supported by documentation. This book brings into focus the following points: 1. History of the settlement of New Mexico from Onate to the present... 2. The principal families that were involved in the settlement and their experiences... 3. The New Mexican experience from the Hispanic view in the history of the settlement of Lincoln County and the Lincoln County War... 4. An insight on the personal relationship of the Hispanics with William H. Bonney (Billy the Kid).... 5. A very accurate reference in the genealogy of the families that settled in Lincoln County New Mexico. This story illuminates the rich customs and traditions of the people that make up New Mexico history. We get a view of the every day life experiences of the Nuevo Mexicanos, that were passed forward from generation to generation. This account also exposes the violence, greed and racism that not only permeated the Spanish settlement of New Mexico but also fueled the Lincoln County War. It is an American story, a story of the painful birth of a nation.

Es un compendio pluricultural artístico musical literario, que cuenta con pensamientos, poesías, canciones y cinco historias que cuento, en este trabajo literario, haciendo una recopilación de canciones escritas y difundidas en el trascurrir de mi vida, como músico, cantante, compositor, educador, abogado y defensor de los derechos humanos; Trabajo literario que pretendo difundir entre la población que de una u otra forma este vinculada con las artes y con la intención de desarrollar habilidades que alejen a nuestro adultos mayores del mal de Alzheimer ya que en este mismo trabajo literario trato de instar a realizar diferentes actividades que inducirían a un proceso de estimulación cognitiva; Aprendizaje este adquirido en mi desempeño como director de la fundación Alzheimer de Venezuela capitulo Zulia, desde donde estamos trabajando para llevar la información necesaria y conocer mas de esta enfermedad para difundir entre el mayor numero de personas posible; Quiero dejar en este apreciado trabajo la intención de compartir algunos saberes adquiridos y difundirlos en cualquier parte del mundo por intermedio del taller de estimulación cognitiva Alzheimer y familia el cual he estado difundiendo desde el 2010. que no es otra cosa que instar al colectivo a realizar estas actividades, agradeciendo con humildad el que se puedan convertir en multiplicador de esta noble intención de llevar luces y conocimientos al que las necesite, mil gracias. Si desea establecer un contacto directo: [email protected] 02617332671, 04140709524, 04166626343. Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela.

The present compilation of ballads from the Mexican states of Guerrero and Oaxaca documents one of the world's great traditions of heroic song, a tradition that has thrived continuously for the last hundred years. The 107 corridos presented here, gathered during ethnographic research over a period of twenty-five years in settlements on Mexico's Costa Chica and Costa Grande, offer a window into the ethos of heroism among the cultures of Mexico's southwestern coast, a region that has been plagued by recurrent cycles of violence. John Holmes McDowell presents a richly annotated field collection of corridos, accompanied by musical scores and transcriptions and translations of lyrics. In addition to his interpretation of the corridos' depiction of violence and masculinity, McDowell situates the songs in historical and performance contexts, illuminating the Afro-mestizo influence in this distinctive population.

Se siente un profundo temor cuando uno es llamado a comparecer ante un juez. Aunque solo sea por una multa de tr&á nsito. Especialmente si uno comparece sin un abogado. &¿ Cu&á l ser&á la multa? &¿ Habr&á una defensa? &¿ Me declaro culpable, o pido un juicio? Pero cuando comparecemos ante el tribunal de Dios, todo temor se disipa: &¡ se retiran todos los cargos! Pero &¿ es verdad realmente? Hemos hecho tantas cosas que estamos convencidos de que no tenemos perd&ó n. Pensamos: « Tal como no se puede confiar plenamente en el sistema judicial, tampoco se puede confiar plenamente en el perd&ó n de nuestros pecados» . Pero el martillo del juez interrumpe nuestros titubeos: « Por causa de Cristo, se retiran todos los cargos, no hay nada pendiente. &¡ El defendido queda perdonado! &¡ Para siempre!» .El segundo tomo de &¡ Se retiran todos los cargos! contin&ú a el viaje desde la corte terrenal hasta el trono de la gracia de Dios, en tanto Haroldo Camacho nos muestra que cada pecador recibe un veredicto de inocente, &¡ sin importar cu&á n culpable sea!

This collection of “calaveras,” folk poetry in the Mexican tradition of Day of the Dead celebrations, satirizes public figures, reminding them that their time on earth is limited despite their fame. In addition to the replicas of the “calaveras” originally published in newspapers and magazines, this volume includes background information about this particular poetic genre, biographical information and interviews with Don Moisés and analysis of the poetry. No one escaped Espino’s eye, including Richard Nixon, Fidel Castro and Muhammad Ali! Compiled and edited by University of Texas at San Antonio professor Ellen Clark, this ebook contains Espino’s complete collection.

In this haunting novel about two young vatos, author Sergio Elizondo eulogizes Óscar Balboa and Valentín Rodríguez, who are sixteen and nineteen respectively when they are shot and killed by the police in Austin, Texas. On leave from Camp Gary, a youth training facility in nearby San Marcos, the two “strutting icons of Raza manhood worthy of a guitar ballad” are the novel’s principal voices as they lie dying. In other chapters, óscar remembers traveling north with his parents as a young boy to pick crops and joining farm workers’ protest marches. Songs of all types—symphonic, orchestral and protest—infuse the narrative: “We’ll summon the spirit of a poet so that he can adapt our people’s story through time and set it to music.” Elizondo’s short and tragic novel bears witness to la raza’s struggles for rights, whether in the fields, the work place or on college campuses. Originally published in Spanish and now available for the first time in English, this classic of Mexican-American literature provides insight into the Chicano civil rights movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Muerte en una estrella / Shooting Star is a profoundly disturbing and moving denunciation of bigotry and discrimination.