This collection by Teresa Palomo Acosta-poet, historian, author,
and activist-spans three decades of her writing, from 1988 through
2018. The collection is divided into four parts: poems, essays, a
children's story, and plays. Each work addresses cultural,
historical, political, and gender realities that she experienced
from her childhood to the present.The plays, set in the Central
Texas Blackland Prairies where Acosta was raised, provide a unique
Latina vision of memory, identity, and experience and are a vital
contribution to Chicana feminist thought. The essays focus on
Acosta's literary heroes Jovita GonzAlez de Mireles, Sara Estela
RamIrez, and Elena Zamora O'Shea, important writers who contributed
significantly to Tejana literature and to Texas letters. The
children's story, "Colchas, Colchitas," is based on Acosta's most
notable poem, "My Mother Pieced Quilts," which pays homage to her
mother and the many women of her generation who employed needles
and thread, creating both practical and symbolic artifacts. This
collection is a creative and, indeed, essential expansion of
boundaries for what we think of as history, offering a unique and
compelling look into the lived experiences and interior
contemplations of a Texas artist well worth knowing. Readers will
increase their understanding of Tejana experience in the late
twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Tejanaland promises to
become an important addition to the cultural record, informing
historical perspectives on the experiences of Tejana women and
contributing significantly to the existing body of work from Tejana
writers.
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