Dancing with ghosts : a critical biography of Arturo Islas /
Aldama, Frederick Luis, 1969-
Dancing with ghosts : a critical biography of Arturo Islas / Frederick Luis Aldama. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005. - 1 online resource (xix, 188 p.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-177) and index.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Bringing the Dead to Life; 1. "Sonny"; 2. Bio-Graphé; 3. Sexuality; 4. Death and Rebirth; 5. Being Chicano; Coda: "A Dancing with Ghosts"; Chronology of Major Events; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Illustrations
This first critical biography of Arturo Islas (1938-1991) brings to life the complex and overlapping worlds inhabited by the gay Chicano poet, novelist, scholar, and professor. Gracefully written and deeply researched, Dancing with Ghosts considers both the larger questions of Islas's life-his sexuality, racial identification, and political personality-and the events of his everyday existence, from his childhood in the borderlands of El Paso to his adulthood in San Francisco and at Stanford University. Frederick Aldama portrays the many facets of Islas's engaging and often contradictory.
English.
9780520938540 ebook 0520938542 9786612358050 661235805X 1282358057 9781282358058 1597345695 9781597345699 9780520231887 (cloth ; alk. paper) 0520231880 9780520243927 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 0520243927 1417562676 (electronic bk.) 9781417562671 (electronic bk.)
10.1525/9780520938540 doi
22573/cttt5wcs JSTOR
2021696500
Islas, Arturo, 1938-1991.
Islas, Arturo, 1938-
Islas, Arturo, 1938-1991.
Stanford University--Faculty--Biography.
Stanford University.
Stanford University.
1900-1999
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
English teachers--United States--Biography.
Mexican Americans--Intellectual life.
Mexican American authors--Biography.
Mexican Americans in literature.
Écrivains américains--20e siècle--Biographies.
Professeurs d'anglais--États-Unis--Biographies.
Américains d'origine mexicaine--Vie intellectuelle.
Écrivains américains d'origine mexicaine--Biographies.
Américains d'origine mexicaine dans la littérature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Gender Studies.
Authors, American--20th century.
English teachers--United States.
Mexican Americans--Intellectual life.
Mexican American authors.
Mexican Americans in literature.
Authors, American.
English teachers.
Mexican American authors.
Mexican Americans in literature.
Mexican Americans--Intellectual life.
Universities and colleges--Faculty.
United States.
Litteratur Engelsk, amerikansk litteratur.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
PS3559.S44
818/.5409 B
Dancing with ghosts : a critical biography of Arturo Islas / Frederick Luis Aldama. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005. - 1 online resource (xix, 188 p.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-177) and index.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Bringing the Dead to Life; 1. "Sonny"; 2. Bio-Graphé; 3. Sexuality; 4. Death and Rebirth; 5. Being Chicano; Coda: "A Dancing with Ghosts"; Chronology of Major Events; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Illustrations
This first critical biography of Arturo Islas (1938-1991) brings to life the complex and overlapping worlds inhabited by the gay Chicano poet, novelist, scholar, and professor. Gracefully written and deeply researched, Dancing with Ghosts considers both the larger questions of Islas's life-his sexuality, racial identification, and political personality-and the events of his everyday existence, from his childhood in the borderlands of El Paso to his adulthood in San Francisco and at Stanford University. Frederick Aldama portrays the many facets of Islas's engaging and often contradictory.
English.
9780520938540 ebook 0520938542 9786612358050 661235805X 1282358057 9781282358058 1597345695 9781597345699 9780520231887 (cloth ; alk. paper) 0520231880 9780520243927 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 0520243927 1417562676 (electronic bk.) 9781417562671 (electronic bk.)
10.1525/9780520938540 doi
22573/cttt5wcs JSTOR
2021696500
Islas, Arturo, 1938-1991.
Islas, Arturo, 1938-
Islas, Arturo, 1938-1991.
Stanford University--Faculty--Biography.
Stanford University.
Stanford University.
1900-1999
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
English teachers--United States--Biography.
Mexican Americans--Intellectual life.
Mexican American authors--Biography.
Mexican Americans in literature.
Écrivains américains--20e siècle--Biographies.
Professeurs d'anglais--États-Unis--Biographies.
Américains d'origine mexicaine--Vie intellectuelle.
Écrivains américains d'origine mexicaine--Biographies.
Américains d'origine mexicaine dans la littérature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Gender Studies.
Authors, American--20th century.
English teachers--United States.
Mexican Americans--Intellectual life.
Mexican American authors.
Mexican Americans in literature.
Authors, American.
English teachers.
Mexican American authors.
Mexican Americans in literature.
Mexican Americans--Intellectual life.
Universities and colleges--Faculty.
United States.
Litteratur Engelsk, amerikansk litteratur.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
PS3559.S44
818/.5409 B