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We Fed Them Cactus

We Fed Them Cactus

Baca, Fabiola Cabeza De

Paperback

Series: Pasó Por Aquí the Nuevomexicano Literary Heritage

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 0826315038
ISBN13: 9780826315038
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: Apr 1 1994
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.48 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

Prior to statehood, the Llano Estacado, the great plains of northeastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas, were colonized by Hispanic ranchers. Cabeza de Baca's beloved memoir of the era has been reissued as part of the Pasó Por Aquí Series on Nuevomexicano Literature.

A member of an old Hispanic family, Cabeza de Baca celebrates her Spanish heritage rather than the Mestizo culture embraced by later writers. She portrays the erosion of Hispanic folkways under American influence, but by recording a combination of oral narrative, autobiography, family history, recipes, and poetry, she has helped to preserve these unique expressions of Hispanic culture.

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