By Jeffrey Cass, Ph.D. Texas A&M International University [This article first appeared in Crítica: A Journal of Critical Essays Spring 1998 Issue] She walked with measured steps, draped in striped and fringed cloths, treading the earth proudly, with a slight jingle and flash of barbarous ornaments. She carried her head high; her hair was done …
Prepared for the 2002 Transculturation Program, Texas A&M University—Kingsville; Published in The Journal of South Texas, Spring 2005. By Felipe de Ortego y Gasca, Professor of English, Texas State University System–Sul Ross; Visiting Scholar and Lecturer in English, Texas A&M University –Kingsville. I INTRODUCTION Mexican Americans are not Mexicans and Mexican American literature is not …
La Leyenda Negra/The Black Legend: Historical Distortion, Defamation, Slander, Libel, and Stereotyping of Hispanics This series was originally published in Somos Primos, 104th-115th Issue Part IBy Felipe de Ortego y Gasca, Scholar in Residence, Western New Mexico University; Professor Emeritus, Texas State University System—Sul Ross I was having dinner, not too long ago, with a group …
2009 National Hispanic Writers Conference Keynote Speech Keynote presentation at the 7th Annual National Latino Writers Conference hosted by the National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 21-23, 2009 By Felipe de Ortego y Gasca Scholar in Residence and Chair, Department of Chicana/Chicano and Hemispheric Studies, Western New Mexico University; Professor Emeritus, Texas State …
Prepared for the Annual Conference of the New Mexico Library Association April 22-24, 2009, Albuquerque, New Mexico By Felipe de Ortego y Gasca Scholar in Residence, Western New Mexico University; Professor Emeritus, Texas State University System—Sul Ross Member Intellectual Freedom Committee, New Mexico Library Association The Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association …
