Spilling the Beans in Chicanolandia: Conversations with Writers and Artists

by Frederick Luis Aldama

Since the 1980s, a prolific "second wave" of Chicano/a writers and artists has tremendously expanded the range of genres and subject matter in Chicano/a literature and art. Building on the pioneering work of their predecessors, whose artistic creations were often tied to political activism and the civil rights struggle, today's Chicano/a writers and artists feel free to focus as much on the aesthetic quality of their work as on its social content...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292713126
• ISBN13: 9780292713123
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"