{"product_id":"tejanaland-a-writing-life-in-four-acts-hardcover","title":"Tejanaland: A Writing Life in Four Acts - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTeresa Palomo Acosta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNancy Baker Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eCynthia J. Beeman\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 de 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003ci\u003eTejanaland\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTERESA 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 \u003ci\u003eLas Tejanas: 300 Years of History.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Austin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 190\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 21, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728204009535,"sku":"9781623499884","price":28.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7e0ed6e988c3ab1095ee63a1a6b595e0.webp?v=1765117647","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/tejanaland-a-writing-life-in-four-acts-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}