{"product_id":"the-forever-colony-paperback","title":"The Forever Colony - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictor Villanueva\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWorking and Writing for Change\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editors: Steve Parks and Jessica Pauszek\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictor Villanueva tells stories of \u003cem\u003eThe Forever Colony\u003c\/em\u003e through snippets of memoir, creative nonfiction, and fictional magical realism. Each chapter opens with a personal memory and a particular rhetorical trope that reinforces the ongoing colonialism symbolized by Puerto Rico. Memoir and trope are followed by tales told by the spirit Bushika or other narrators, tales with which to imagine Columbus and the Ta?no, Ponce deLe?n, and others sometimes forgotten in histories of Puerto Rico, like the legendary cacica\/leader Yu?za, the pirate Miguel Enr?quez, the revolutionaries of the 19th century, the journeys north from settler colony to the economic colony in the northern migrations to the U.S. during the mid-20th century. The stories would have us consider colonialism, racism, and political economy from the perspective of one descended from the world's oldest continuous colony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Villanueva finds a new way to share with readers the signature quality of his writing: its weave of lyricism and analysis, of narrative and argument, of rhetoric and philosophy.\" -Ra?l Sanchez, Associate Professor, University of Florida and author of \u003cem\u003eInside the Subject: A Theory of Identity for the Study of Writing\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictor Villanueva is Regents Professor and Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts at Washington State University. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of eight books and nearly fifty articles or chapters in books. Among his books are the award-winning Bootstraps, From an American Academic of Color, Rhetorics of the Americas: 3114 BCE to 2013 CE, and Cross-Talk in Comp Theory: A Reader, one of the most-adopted books for the training of English teachers of writing in the U.S. and abroad. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 106\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42726321717311,"sku":"9781643174730","price":29.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f7914323b8d065704702e156c1bdadfc.webp?v=1765110224","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-forever-colony-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}