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Alejandra Balestra Libros

En Otra Voz

Collects works that represent different aspects of the Spanish-language literary tradition in the United States, including accounts by early explorers and writings by Hispanic Americans, immigrants, and exiles in the United States.

Recovering The U.s. Hispanic Linguistic Heritage

In this fascinating exploration of the development of the Spanish language from a sociohistorical perspective in the territory that has become the United States, linguists and editors Balestra, Mart©Ưnez, and Moyna draw attention to the long tradition of multilingualism in the United States in the hope of putting to rest the myth that the U.S.