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“Scene from the movie Giant” by Tino Villanueva

“At first, the movie Giant (1956) might seem like a strange symbol on which to base an entire book of poetry. But Giant is a pop culture landmark, mainly because of the larger-than-life status of stars Rock Hudson, James Dean, and Elizabeth Taylor. For Latino poet Villanueva, Giant also serves as an archetype of Anglo treatment of Mexican Americans. The scene that obsesses him, from his 14th year onward, involves the expulsion of a Mexican American family from a hamburger joint owned by a crude racist.”

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See also:

http://www.univr.it/documenti/AllegatiOA/allegatooa_8196.pdf

http://www.bu.edu/rs/people/faculty-staff-profiles/spanish/villanueva.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tino_Villanueva

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Scene from the movie Giant / Tino Villanueva. — Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1993. — 55 p.; 22cm

1994 American Book AwardWinner

ISBN-1 880684-12-8

PQ 7079.2 .V47 S25 1993

R. 79668

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