Ilan Stavans

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Conversations with Ilan Stavans

The University of Arizona Press
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Sor Juana

Or, the Persistence of Pop

The University of Arizona Press

Sor Juana: Or, The Persistence of Pop encapsulates the life, times, and legacy of seventeenth-century Mexican nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Ilan Stavans provides a biographical and meditative picture of how popular perceptions of her life and work both shape and reflect Latinx culture.

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José Vasconcelos

The Prophet of Race

Rutgers University Press
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Avenues of Translation

The City in Iberian and Latin American Writing

Bucknell University Press

Avenues of Translation explores how translation perpetuates, diversifies, deepens, and expands the literary production of cities in their greater cultural context, and how translation shapes an understanding of and access to a city's past and present literary and cultural practices.

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Yiddish South of the Border

An Anthology of Latin American Yiddish Writing

Edited by Alan Astro; Introduction by Ilan Stavans
University of New Mexico Press

Alan Astro's pioneering collection of Latin American Yiddish writings translated into English includes works of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, Colombia, and Cuba.

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Oy, Caramba!

An Anthology of Jewish Stories from Latin America

Edited by Ilan Stavans
University of New Mexico Press

First published in 1994 as Tropical Synagogues: Short Stories by Jewish-Latin American Writers, Ilan Stavans's classic anthology is expanded and updated in this new edition.

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Secrecy and Deceit

The Religion of the Crypto-Jews

By David M. Gitlitz; Introduction by Ilan Stavans
University of New Mexico Press

Comprehensive history of crypto-Jewish beliefs and social customs.

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Like a Bride and Like a Mother

By Rosa Nissán; Translated by Dick Gerdes; Introduction by Ilan Stavans
University of New Mexico Press
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The Book of Memories

By Ana María Shua; Translated by Dick Gerdes; Introduction by Ilan Stavans
University of New Mexico Press

The humorous and moving story of three generations of a Jewish family in Argentina.

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The Riddle of Cantinflas

Essays on Hispanic Popular Culture, Revised and Expanded Edition

University of New Mexico Press
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The Collected Stories of Moacyr Scliar

By Moacyr Scliar; Translated by Eloah F. Giacomelli; Introduction by Ilan Stavans
University of New Mexico Press

From Brazil's most distinguished and important Jewish writer comes this anthology of powerful stories, bringing a compelling voice of the Jewish Diaspora to the English language.

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What is la hispanidad?

A conversation

University of Texas Press

In a series of lively, provocative conversations, two prominent intellectuals debate the nature of “Hispanic-ness” as it has been expressed in Hispanic civilization around the world and across the centuries.

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