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[Review Of] Fran Leeper Buss, La Partera: Story Of A Midwife, Caroline White
[Review Of] Fran Leeper Buss, La Partera: Story Of A Midwife, Caroline White
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
La Partera is the story of Jesusita Aragén, one of the last traditional midwives of northeastern New Mexico, as written from recorded interviews between the author and Jesusita. Before telling Jesusita's account of her own life, the author introduces the reader geographically, historically, and culturally to the area of San Miguel County and its main city of Las Vegas. Buss clearly shows her love and understanding of this region where she and her husband served as United Church of Christ ministers in 1975. She writes, ”the weather is dominated by striking turquoise skies and a brilliant, penetrating sun” (p. 2) …
[Review Of] Michael Keresztesi And Gary R. Cocozzoli, German-American History And Life: A Guide To Information Services, Rachel A. Bonney
[Review Of] Michael Keresztesi And Gary R. Cocozzoli, German-American History And Life: A Guide To Information Services, Rachel A. Bonney
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
This work consists of over 1,200 entries on German-Americans, compiled and evaluated by librarians Michael Keresztesi and Gary R. Cocozzoli. The major objective is “to stimulate interest and facilitate research in German-Americana” (p. xvi) by presenting ”penetrator works, basic treatises, landmark writings, and documents which constitute the best available sources of information on their respective topic areas. . . .” ( p. xv) Only English-language books have been described and assessed in terms of their ”research value and information-yielding capacity.“ (p. xv) Periodical and journal articles were omitted for reasons of space and because of their accessibility through standard abstracts …
[Review Of] Kolawole Ogungbesand (Ed.), New West African Literature, Jean Bright
[Review Of] Kolawole Ogungbesand (Ed.), New West African Literature, Jean Bright
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
This brief collection of eleven scholarly and well-documented critical essays, written largely by African university professors of language and literature who hold degrees from European and American universities, is even more restricted than the title suggests. With a half dozen or so notable exceptions, only the poetry, drama, and novels published since 1965 are discussed here. And not all West African countries are represented.