César Chávez

ILAN STAVANS has been called the czar of Latino culture in the United States by the New York Times and Latin America's liveliest and boldest critic and most innovative cultural enthusiast by the Washington Post. Stavans is the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Latin American and Latino Culture and Amherst College and the recipient of numerous honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Latino Literature Prize, the Antonia Pantoja Award, Chile's Presidential Medal, and the Ruben Dario Distinction. He earned an Emmy nomination as host of the PBS show La Plaza: Conversations with Ilan Stavans. He has taught at Columbia University, Oberlin College, and Smith College, among other institutions. He is the author of numerous publications, including Encyclopedia Latina (2005) and the forthcoming Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latin Music.

Series Foreword by Ilan Stavans
Preface
I CONSIDERATIONS
Reading César Ilan Stavans
Negotiating César Jorge Mariscal
Teacher of Truth John C. Hammerback
The Final Struggle Richard Griswold del Castillo
The First and Last of the Chicano Leaders José Angel Gutiérrez
Mapping the New Global Spiritual Line Luis D. León
II VOICES
A Catalyst for Change Josephine Méndez-Negrete
A Personal and Historical Testimony Richard G. García
La Causa's Self-Destruction Marco G. Prouty
from Sal Si Puedes: Cesar Chavez and the New American Revolution Peter Matthiessen
Cesar's Ghost Frank Bardacke
from Delano: The Story of the California Grape Strike John Gregory Dunne
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Editor and Contributors