So All is Not Lost: The Poetics of Print in Nuevomexicano Communities, 1834-1958

by A. Gabriel Meléndez

Book Overview

Based on exhaustive archival research, this study spans the history of newspapers in the Southwest's Mexicano communities from the arrival of the press in New Mexico to the last edition of Santa Fe's El Nuevo Mexicano.Part I details the education and formation of a generation of Spanish-language journalists instrumental in creating a culture of print in nativo communities. Part II offers in-depth analyses of the texts produced by los periodiqueros,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826318061
• ISBN13: 9780826318060
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"