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"Cartucho" means "cartridge" in Spanish, and refers to the characteristic belts of ammunition worn by Mexican revolutionary soldiers. It also, however, is the nickname of a character introduced in the book's opening vignette. [2]
Towards the end of the 20th century Mexican literature had become diversified in themes, styles and genres. In 1990 Octavio Paz became the first Mexican—and up until this point the only one—to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. [2] In the years between 1900 and 1914 it continued to dominate modernism in poetry and prose realism and naturalism.
7. "You have to take what you can get when you're getting started." 8. "Tejano music was hard for us because I was a girl. My dad had a lot of problems while trying to set up shows for us or ...
Despite his constant blunders, Melquiades Ledezma keeps a positive attitude. [2] As an adjective synonymous with "good" or "nice", he uses pura vida (lit. pure life) a total of thirteen times to describe people (such as the town mayor), objects (food and earrings) and an action (being invited for a meal). [1]
55. "Believe in yourself, work hard, work smart and passionately present your best self to the world.” – Hill Harper. 56. "Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the ...
Through their hard work cleaning houses for the past 10 years, they were able to purchase the trailer but not the land. In trailer parks, the landlord owns the land and most Hispanic immigrants ...
Sun, Stone, and Shadows: 20 Great Mexican Short Stories, edited by Jorge Hernandez, and published by Fondo de Cultura Economica, is a collection of short stories written by Mexican authors born in the first half of the twentieth century.
The Future is Mestizo: Life Where Cultures Meet (1988) 'Mestizaje as a Locus of Theological Reflection' in Frontiers of Hispanic Theology in the United States, Allan Figueroa Deck, S.J., ed. (1992) Our Lady of Guadalupe: Faith and Empowerment among Mexican-American Women by Jeanette Rodriguez, Foreword by Virgilio Elizondo (1994)