We would like to congratulate the following individuals: Cristina Devereaux Ramírez for the successful defense of her dissertation titled “Claiming the Discursive Self: The Rhetoric of Mexican Women Journalists, 1876-1940.” Cristina currently holds a Post-Doctoral position as a research and writing... (Continue reading)
Baca, Damián and Victor Villanueva. Rhetorics of the Americas: 3114BCE to 2010CE. (Studies of the Americas Series). Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. Review “Rhetorics of the Americas will potentially be one of the finest contributions to rhetoric, broadly defined, in this decade.... (Continue reading)
NCTE Latina/o Caucus members Damián Baca and Victor Villanueva co-edited a special edition of College English, “Writing, Rhetoric, and Latinidad,” 71.6 July 2009. Table of Contents: Introduction Damián Baca and Victor Villanueva “The Chicano Codex: Writing against Historical and Pedagogical... (Continue reading)
Antes y depués del Bronx: Lenapehoking — An Interview Working on the digital re-creation of this newsletter, Alexandra Hidalgo kindly asked me to write about my book, its focus, the details of its publication and publishing in general, and my... (Continue reading)
Cecilia’s new book is forthcoming (May 2009) from Ig Publishers. A panoramic portrait of the Cuban American community, Marielitos, Balseros and Other Exiles shares the joys, tragedies, and amazing resiliency of the Cuban immigrants who arrived in this country via... (Continue reading)
Baca, Damián. Mestiz@ Scripts, Digital Migrations, and the Territories of Writing. (New Concepts in Latino American Cultures Series). Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Description: Common assumptions about written communication depend upon the alphabet as a precondition for literacy. By privileging the alphabet,... (Continue reading)