Research Catalog

Title

Tejanaland : a writing life in four acts / Teresa Palomo Acosta ; foreword by Nancy Baker Jones and Cynthia J. Beeman.

Author

Acosta, Teresa Palomo

Publication

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2021]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Jones, Nancy Baker
• Beeman, Cynthia J.

Description

xiii, 149 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"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, gender, historical, and political 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 González Mireles, Sara Estela Ramírez, 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. Teresa Palomo Acosta is cofounder and former vice president of the Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation for Texas Women's History. She is the author of many works of fiction and poetry and is coauthor of Las Tejanas: 300 Years of History. She lives in Austin"--

Series Statement

Women in Texas history series

Uniform Title

• Works. Selections. 2021
• Women in Texas history series.

Alternative Title

Works. 2021

Subject

• Acosta, Teresa Palomo
• Mexican American women authors > Texas > Biography
• Mexican American women > Texas > Social conditions
• Mexican American women > Texas > Social conditions > Poetry
• Mexican American women > Texas > Social conditions > Drama
• Hispanic American mothers > Texas > Juvenile fiction
• Mexican American women > Texas > Ethnic identity
• Self in literature
• Feminism and literature
• Hispanic American mothers
• Mexican American women authors
• Mexican American women > Ethnic identity
• Mexican American women > Social conditions
• Texas

Genre/Form

• Autobiographical drama.
• Autobiographical fiction.
• Autobiographical poetry.
• Biographies.
• Creative nonfiction.
• Drama.
• Fiction.
• Juvenile works.
• Poetry.

Contents

Act I. Plays -- Act II. Colchas, Colchitas -- Act III. Essays -- Act IV. Poetry.

Call Number

JFE 22-2562

ISBN

• 9781623499884
• 1623499887

LCCN

2021019290

OCLC

1251742034

Author

Acosta, Teresa Palomo, author.

Title

Tejanaland : a writing life in four acts / Teresa Palomo Acosta ; foreword by Nancy Baker Jones and Cynthia J. Beeman.

Publisher

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2021]

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Women in Texas history series

Women in Texas history series.

Added Author

Jones, Nancy Baker, writer of foreword.

Beeman, Cynthia J., writer of foreword.

Research Call Number

JFE 22-2562