El Triunfo del Amor: Selecciones de poesia amorosa de-y para-la comunidad

Este epigrafe, mas algunas otras ideas de la autora, me han inspirado para la breve presentación interpretativa de la siguiente selección de poemas, anticipo del libro sobre este tema, Eclipse and Umbras Love Poems by Chicanas and Friends, que preparo en colaboración con Bernice Zamora. Varios de las/ os poetas representados somos autores no profesionales a quien la poesia se nos impuso en una circunstancia concreta de nuestras vidas. De aqui que el contenido, en muchos de estos poemas, desborda a la forma pues presupone una intertextualidad basada en la interacción de contenidos, y no de formas, de un fondo etnico/ semiótico de gran complejidad, basado en temas, imagenes y simbolos del imaginario -y el inconscierite- colectivo de la historia y la cultura de la comunidad chicana

Participatory Action and Drought as a Symbolic Context: The Case of Aldama Chihuahua, Mexico

This paper presents a field-based project and a theoretical framework for work with an Action Research paradigm. The complexities of process are illustrated and synthesized in two theoretical models. The design of the study required constant change in the focus of projects as a result of the action produced from genuine involvement. As a result a working template of the execution of the action research projects involving multiple educational institutions was generated by bi-national collaborations. Participants were ecological researchers and schoolteachers, actively engaged in schools and in the education of the community at-large on the effects of drought in their lives. Through formal and informal field based observations, group narratives and technological communication systems, distinct sources of results illuminate an on-going spiraling venue using drought as a symbolic system. This project documents transformative knowledge in education to enhance multidisciplinary approaches toward social change and ecological awareness

The mix of international banks'foreign claims : determinants and implications

The authors analyze the determinants and implications for financial stability of the mix of international banks'claims countries receive. In particular, they distinguish between local claims, extended by international banks through their affiliates in a host (or claim recipient) country, and cross-border claims, booked from outside the host country, typically from banks'headquarters in their home countries. Using data on U.S., Spanish, and Italian banks'foreign claims across countries, the authors find that the share of local foreign claims is primarily driven by the degree of"freedom"in the host banking sector and by business opportunities in the local market. Entry requirements, startup and informational costs associated with international banking also play a role, but their influence is less robust. Finally, they find that the mix of international bank claims has implications for financial stability, since foreign claim volatility is lower in countries that receive a larger share of local claims.Banks&Banking Reform,Financial Intermediation,Insurance&Risk Mitigation,Financial Crisis Management&Restructuring,Banking Law

Delgadina en la Frontera

Es posible que Delgadina , el romance popular español medieval más divulgado en los países de habla hispana, llegara a los terrenos fronterizos de lo que son ahora los Estados Unidos y los estados de Texas, Nuevo México y Arizona, con Ia expedición colonizadora de Juan de Oñate, Ia cual arribó al Río Grande en abril de 1598. Como corrido se divulgó mucho por esas tierras y por el Norte de México y ha seguido oyéndose y cantándose hasta Ia actualidad. En los años 30 y 40,la cantante de Texas, Lydia Mendoza conocida como Ia flor de Texas , le dio una nueva popularidad como canción, en radio y en disco

Spanish Language, Cultural Knowledge and Teachers’ Professional Development in an English-Only Environment

This study documents the findings of action research projects generated by two teachers with different cultural backgrounds and grade levels; one is a bilingual Spanish-English high school teacher and the other is an English monolingual first grade-reading teacher. Teachers’ cognitive and professional development is examined by taking into account the results of the action research project on the literacy needs of their students. Qualitative data from teacher interviews and reflections have been collected and analyzed. These teachers as researchers of their own practice plan and integrate cultural interpretation produced by the children to better understand how learners construct knowledge through primary language and in the acquisition of English. In the kindergarten/first grade classroom, the teacher cannot use the native language of the children and must use non-fictional text to teach beginning reading. The teacher uses a culturally graphic text with English prose to see if children respond positively to the ethnic representation in the symbolic art. This teacher is documenting children’s reactions to the text and her own learning process as a result of the use of these texts with Spanish speaking children. In the high school context, the teacher is teaching in the native language of the students. Student writing samples have been generated based on a literary prompt at the beginning of a literature unit and at the end. These are analyzed based on literary elements that also include an oral language presentation in the native language

El auge de la literatura infantil bilingue: consideraciones criticas de accion participativa. (The surge of children’s bilingual literature: critical perspectives of participatory action)

En la década de los noventa ha habido una cierta proliferación de libros de literatura infantil en espanol e inglés en los Estados Unidos. Basándome en varios de estos libros, de reciente publicación, me ocupo de la importancia que tienen nuestras representaciones culturales en los cuentos infantiles que se usan para la enseñanza de lectura en las escuelas públicas. Los libros que he escogido son los siguientes: En Mi Familia, Carmen Lomas Garza, Prietita y la Llorona de Gloria Anzaldúa, Medio Pollito de Alma Flor Ada y Los Tres Pequeños Jabalíes de Susan Lowell. Trato estos libros en forma de acción participativa, mediante un diálogo dialéctico con tres maestras anglosajonas encargadas de la enseñanza de niños de diversas culturas, que utilizaron estos cuentos en sus clases

Delgadina: un imaginario colectivo sin fronteras (Delgadina: a collective imaginary without borders)

Este ensayo examina la variante y la recepción del romance \u27\u27Delgadina transmutado en un corrido/canción popular mexicana entre la frontera de Mexico y los Estados Unidos, especificamente en las regiones de Chihuahua y El Paso, Texas. Reconociendo la importancia de los estudios anteriores hechos por Beatriz Mariscal acerca de las variantes del romance Delgadina , recopiladas en El Cancionero General de Cuba(1) , y la interpretación feminista de Maria Herrera Sobek(2), el presente trabajo se ha propuesto abrir nuevas dimensiones en el estudio de este romance tratando sus variantes, su recepción e interpretación en la frontera. Se trata de un intento de exarninar el efecto cognitivo de la canción en las interpretaciones de ciertos informantes en las regiones fronterizas aqui señaladas. Para ello, se analizan sistemas de memoria generados en la conciencia colectiva a través de la canción popular, respetando su función historica y reconociendo el impacto social y moral de su mensaje

Delgadina: From Romance to Corrido on the US-Mexico Border

This study examines in its context one variant of the Spanish romance of Delgadina transmuted into a Mexican corrido. Acknowledging the studies by Beatriz Mariscal and the feminist interpretations of Maria Henera-Sobek, this study is a departure from past critical work in that it attempts to examine the cognitive effect on both singers and listeners of the modern corrido form and the continuity of the tale and the theme of incest. Memory systems generated through popular song are examined as they relate to Delgadina\u27s purpose as a tale, in terms of its social and moral message and impact. Interviews were conducted with one corridista (popular song writer), and several respondents familiar with the song on both sides of the border (Mexico\u27s northern region of Chihuahua, and El Paso, Texas), and their discourse analyzed in order to illuminate the continuity and variants of the folk song Delgadina and its social and political implications