Codex Espangliensis: From Columbus to the Border Patrol

by Enrique Chagoya, Felicia Rice, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, et al.

Inspired by the pre-Hispanic codices that escaped immolation during colonial invasions, this artists' book opens out in accordion folds expanding to a length of over 21 feet. Rice has created a series of beautiful and jarring montages in which the mixture of languages, slang, poetry, and prose of G mez-Pe a's performance texts are woven through and around Chagoya's collages filled with pre-Hispanic drawings, colonial-era representations of New World...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872863670
• ISBN13: 9780872863675
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: City Lights Books
• Length: 45 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.3" x 7.1"