Fronteras Americanas: American Borders Fuelled by equal parts outrage, intelligence and wit, Fronteras Americanas re-creates one person’s struggle to construct a home between two cultures, while exploding the images and constructs built up around Latinos and Latin A
| TITLE | : | Fronteras Americanas: American Borders |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.72 (917 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0889223831 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 80 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 1997-01-01 |
| GENRE | : |
Fuelled by equal parts outrage, intelligence and wit, Fronteras Americanas re-creates one person’s struggle to construct a home between two cultures, while exploding the images and constructs built up around Latinos and Latin America. This one-person play works through bold juxtapositions and satiric reference points: Simón Bolívar and Speedy Gonzales; Columbus and Fodor’s travel guides; Ricky Ricardo and the Latin Lover; La Bamba’ and Placido Domingo; Carlos Fuentes and American made-for-TV drug-wars movies. Verdecchia twirls stereotypes and clichés, offers comparative histories, examines myths and mysticism, and provides lessons in language and dancing.Cast of one man.
EDITORIAL :
"Outrageous, funny, devastatingly witty."
REVIEW :
This is a great book for young kids!!! My daughter is absolutely captivated by the rhyme of each page only to be followed by her mesmerizing stare at the pull out tabs of each animal. Salvador Allende should be an example for the politicians today. Finally! All of Gisele's fabulous energy, experience and wisdom documented for me to peruse anytime I choose. She's driven. Cummuta book.
Gordon Wayne Watts, Lakeland, Florida, USA. It starts with leaders drumming up public dissatisfaction with the status quo and claiming that government can cure the perceived injustices if new laws and government programs were put into place, which inevitably put more power into the hands of government. Here, however, they dispose of The Vam surprisingly quickly and then we learn that the real threat is something that has been properly hinted at but easy to overlook. There’s a short but packe
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