Reies Lopez Tijerina's “the land grant question”: Creating history through metaphors
Title:
Reies Lopez Tijerina's “the land grant question”: Creating history through metaphors
Author:
Fernandez, Ruby Ann Jensen, Richard J.
Appeared in:
Howard journal of communications
Paging:
Volume 6 (1995) nr. 3 pages 129-145
Year:
1995-11
Contents:
Well versed in the history of Mexican, Spanish, and United States land grants, Chicano activist Reies Lopez Tijerina conducted a rhetorical campaign centered in New Mexico in the 1960s. This study analyzes Tijerina's speech, “The Land Grant Question,” presented on November 26, 1967, at the University of Colorado, as an example of interethnic communication and for its use of metaphors in public discourse to create a cultural memory. This examination focuses on the speech's approach to historical relations between Chicano and Anglo culture, and its stylistic aspects.
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