Chuy Varela Collection
This collection takes its name from Jesse “Chuy” Varela, a Bay Area radio host who frequently interviewed political, activist, and labor figures connected to issues affecting Latin and Central American communities. Topics includes immigration to the US, the 1994 NAFTA treaty, labor issues such as the activism of Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez, and the UFW, and related political developments affecting the region (1994 Mexican election, CA Prop 187, Sandinistas, Zapatistas, (EZLN) etc.) and others.
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![Rolando Hinojosa](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 3/31/1992Call Number: CV 223BFormat: Cass BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Talks about his career and Chicano literature. An in-depth discussion about mainstream and independent publishing houses, bilingualism and Chicano identity. Hinojosa advocates for independent presses but does not ignore the importance of Chicano literature's mainstream success.
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