Return to Centro historico : a Mexican Jew looks for his roots / / Ilan Stavans

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808844203321
• Autore: Stavans Ilan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2011
• ISBN: 0-8135-5226-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 154 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 305.892/407253092; B
• Soggetti: Jews - Mexico - Mexico City; Mexico City (Mexico) Biography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: I am a rooster -- Tomato Jew -- The tourist -- Centro historico -- Paisanos -- La Juderia -- My face -- I am dead.
• Sommario/riassunto: Inspired by a stirring e-mail exchange with his father, award-winning essayist and cultural commentator , Ilan Stavans decided to do something bizarre: revisit his hometown, Mexico City, accompanied by a tour guide. With the same linguistic verve and insight that has made him one of the most distinguished voices in American literature today, Ilan Stavans invites readers along for a personal journey that is not only his own, but that of an entire culture. Return to Centro Hist#65533;rico makes it possible for readers to understand the intimate role that Jews have played in the devleopment of Hispanic civilzation.