Dancing with Ghosts: A Critical Biography of Arturo Islas

by Frederick Luis Aldama

Book Overview

This first critical biography of Arturo Islas (1938-1991) brings to life the complex and overlapping worlds inhabited by the gay Chicano poet, novelist, scholar, and professor. Gracefully written and deeply researched, Dancing with Ghosts considers both the larger questions of Islas's life-his sexuality, racial identification, and political personality-and the events of his everyday existence, from his childhood in the borderlands of El Paso...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520243927
• ISBN13: 9780520243927
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"