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PublisherPearson Education

ISBN-100130282944

ISBN-139780130282941

eBay Product ID (ePID)2139271

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Number of Pages224 Pages

Publication NameVistas Y Voces Latinas

LanguageEnglish

SubjectEnglish As a Second Language, Spanish

Publication Year2001

TypeLanguage Course

AuthorConstance Montross, Esther Levine

Subject AreaForeign Language Study

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight12.8 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.9 in

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Edition Number3

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Table Of ContentUNIDAD I: La desilusión y la esperanza. Pintura: "Open Air School" de Diego Rivera. Poema: "Plantado," Gustavo Pérez Firmat. Sandra Cisneros. SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: Entrevista con Cisneros. LECTURAS de La Casa en Mango Street--"Geraldo sin apellido"; "No speak English"; "Cuatro árboles flaquititos." Francisco Jiménez. SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: "La génesis de 'Cajas de cartón.'" LECTURA: "Cajas de cartón." Gustavo Pérez Firmat. SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: Comentario de Pérez Firmat. LECTURAS de cincuenta Lecciones de exilio y desexilio--V, XXII (Sin cuenta), XLIX L. UNIDAD II: La soledad y la unión. Pintura: "The Epic of American Civilization" de José Clemente Orozco. Poema: "Mi madre cuando nos visita," Gustavo Pérez Firmat. Rosario Castellanos. SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: "En recuerdo de Rosario Castellanos." LECTURAS: "Kinsey Report No. 6"; "Kinsey Report No. 2." Angeles Mastretta. SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: "La mujer es un misterio." LECTURAS de Mujeres de ojos grandes--"Un día el marido de la tía Magdalena..."; "No era bonita la tía Cristina Martínez..."; "Tía José Rivadeneira...." Pablo Neruda. SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: Memorias--Confieso que he vivido. LECTURAS: "Poema XX"; "Oda a la vida." UNIDAD III: Los derechos humanos y la justicia social. Pintura: "El tres de mayo" de Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. Poema: "Poética," Heberto Padilla. Rosario Castellanos. LECTURA: "Memorial de Tlatelolco." Pablo Neruda. LECTURA: "Margarita Naranjo." Mario Bencastro. SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: Comentario de Bencastro. LECTURA: "El fotógrafo de la muerte." Marjorie Agosín. SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA. LECTURAS de Ausencia de sombras--"Lo más increíble"; "Memorial de las locas en la Plaza de Mayo"; "La desaparecida." UNIDAD IV: La imaginación y la realidad. Pintura: "¿Lo mira o lo sueña?" de Ramón Llovet. Poema: "Instrucciones para ingresar en una nueva sociedad," Heberto Padilla. Silvina Ocampo. SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: Correspondencia con Silvina Ocampo. LECTURA: "La casa de azúcar." Gabriel García Márquez. SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: Conversación con García Márquez. LECTURA: "Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes." Rosario Ferré. SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: Conversando con Rosario Ferré. LECTURA: "La muñeca menor." Índice de palabras problemáticas. Vocabulario.

SynopsisReaders investigate the cultural topics of each chapter in this anthology of readings by both new and established contemporary Latin American and Latino authors--including Gabriel Garc a M rquez, Pablo Neruda, and Silvina Ocampo. In this way, readers can analyze literary selections through discussion and short compositions, write creatively in Spanish, and expand their knowledge of Latin American and Latino culture. Offers new selections by well-known contemporary authors such as Sandra Cisneros, Gustavo P rez Firmat, Angeles Mastretta, and more. Opens each chapter with a poem. Offers interviews or autobiographical essays with each author. Provides a new vocabulary section that contains useful Spanish expressions and terms. Ideal for readers with conversational Spanish skills who want to expand their knowledge of Latin American and Latino literature, or readers who want to increase their conversational and reading skills in Spanish., Readers investigate the cultural topics of each chapter in this anthology of readings by both new and established contemporary Latin American and Latino authors--including Gabriel Garc a M rquez, Pablo Neruda, and Silvina Ocampo. In this way, readers can analyze literary selections through discussion and short compositions, write creatively in Spanish, and expand their knowledge of Latin American and Latino culture. KEY TOPICS: Offers new selections by well-known contemporary authors such as Sandra Cisneros, Gustavo P rez Firmat, Angeles Mastretta, and more. Opens each chapter with a poem. Offers interviews or autobiographical essays with each author. Provides a new vocabulary section that contains useful Spanish expressions and terms. MARKET: Ideal for readers with conversational Spanish skills who want to expand their knowledge of Latin American and Latino literature, or readers who want to increase their conversational and reading skills in Spanish., Readers investigate the cultural topics of each chapter in this anthology of readings by both new and established contemporary Latin American and Latino authors--including Gabriel Garcîa Mårquez, Pablo Neruda, and Silvina Ocampo. In this way, readers can analyze literary selections through discussion and short compositions, write creatively in Spanish, and expand their knowledge of Latin American and Latino culture. KEY TOPICS: Offers new selections by well-known contemporary authors such as Sandra Cisneros, Gustavo Pérez Firmat, Angeles Mastretta, and more. Opens each chapter with a poem. Offers interviews or autobiographical essays with each author. Provides a new vocabulary section that contains useful Spanish expressions and terms. MARKET: Ideal for readers with conversational Spanish skills who want to expand their knowledge of Latin American and Latino literature, or readers who want to increase their conversational and reading skills in Spanish., For upper-level courses in Spanish Conversation or Spanish Conversation and Composition. Students investigate the cultural topics of each chapter in this anthology of readings by both new and established contemporary Latin American and Latino authors. The text helps students develop their conversational and reading skills in Spanish, analyze literary selections through discussion and short compositions, write creatively in Spanish, and expand their knowledge of Latin American and Latino culture.