Rosaura Sánchez
Rosaura Sánchez (born December 6, 1941) is a writer, storyteller, linguist and critic. Sánchez' "most singular and significant contribution to this field [Chicano bilingualism] is the formulation of a theoretical framework for the analysis of Chicano Spanish based on the premise that Spanish use in America must be considered in its social and verbal interactions."[1] As an editor, one of her most relevant works was the novel she co-edited with Beatrice Pita, Who Would Have Thought it? (1995) by writer María Amparo Ruiz de Burton of California, published by the Arte Público Press in Houston, Texas.
Biography
[edit]Sánchez was born in San Angelo, Texas.[2] She earned undergraduate and master's degrees in Spanish literature from the University of Texas at Austin in 1963 and 1969, respectively. She earned a doctorate in Romance languages from the same university in 1974. Her doctoral dissertation was titled "A Generative Study of Two Spanish Dialects".[3] At one point during her studies, Sánchez joined the Peace Corps and spent several years in Ecuador with the organization.[4]
While a graduate student, Sánchez published "Nuestra circunstancia lingüística," an influential description of rural and urban varieties of Chicano Spanish.[5]
Sánchez was a literature professor at the University of California, San Diego.[6]
Works
[edit]As author
- Chicano Discourse: Socio-Historic Perspectives. Arte Publico Press. 1987. ISBN 9781611920925.
- Telling Identities: The Californio Testimonios. University of Minnesota Press. 1995. ISBN 9780816625581.
- He Walked in and Sat Down, and Other Stories. University of New Mexico Press. 2000. ISBN 9780826322135.
As Co-Author (with Beatrice Pita)
- Lunar Braceros 2125-2148. National City, Califlas: Calaca Press. 2009-12-22. ISBN 0984335900.
- Keep Me Posted: Logins from Tomorrow. Moorpark, CA: Floricanto Press Published. 2023-04-27. ISBN 0915745399.
As editor (with Beatrice Pita)
- Ruiz de Burton, Maria Amparo (1995-01-01). Who would have thought it?. Houston, Texas: Arte Publico Press. ISBN 1558850813.
- Ruiz de Burton, Maria Amparo (1997-01-01). The Squatter and the Don. Houston, Texas: Arte Publico Press. ISBN 1558851852.
- Ruiz de Burton, Maria Amparo (2001-01-01). Conflicts of Interest: The Letters of Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton. Houston, Texas: Arte Publico Press. ISBN 1558853286.
References
[edit]- ^ Arizpe, Victor (1984-01-01). "Review of Chicano Discourse: Socio-Historic Perspectives, Rosaura Sánchez". The Modern Language Journal. 68 (4): 419–420. doi:10.2307/328226. JSTOR 328226.
- ^ Kanellos, Nicolás (2002). En Otra Voz: Antologia de Literatura Hispana de Los Estados Unidos (in Spanish). Arte Público Press. p. 178. ISBN 9781611921380.
- ^ Martínez, Julio A. (1979). Chicano Scholars and Writers: A Bio-bibliographical Directory. Scarecrow Press. p. 481. ISBN 9780810812055.
- ^ Rosales, Jesús (2014). Thinking en Español: Interviews with Critics of Chicana/o Literature. University of Arizona Press. p. 47. ISBN 9780816531189.
- ^ Lipski, John M. (2008). Varieties of Spanish in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. p. 25. ISBN 9781589012134.
- ^ "Rosaura Sánchez". literature.ucsd.edu. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
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- 1941 births
- People from San Angelo, Texas
- University of California, San Diego faculty
- University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts alumni
- Hispanic and Latino American writers
- American literary critics
- American women literary critics
- Linguists from the United States
- American women linguists
- Living people