Example sentences for: aztlán

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  • The title of one of Rudolfo Anaya’s novels is Heart of Aztlán, published in 1979; Miguel Mendez wrote Pilgrims in Aztlán first in Spanish in 1974, later translated to English in 1992; and Alurista has a poetry collection titled Floricanto en Aztlán, published in 1971.

  • Aztlán takes a prominent place in murals, folk art, and folklore, and it continues to appear in Chicano literature today, as it has for over thirty years, in poetry, short stories, novels, and essay anthologies.

  • The eminent professor Luis Leal states that Aztlán has two meanings for Chicanos: the geographic region of the southwestern United States and “the spiritual union of the Chicanos, something that is carried within the heart, no matter where they may live or where they may find themselves” (Leal 1995, 5).

  • See also Aztlán; Chicanismo

  • Many writers have dedicated their books to him, and the journal Aztlán devoted a double-issue volume to him in 1982.


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