Welcome to our blog!
We would like to take a moment to introduce our project. We are both undergraduate students at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. Together we are taking American Cultures 213: Introduction to Latino/a Studies with Prof. Anthony Mora. As a part of this class, we have joined together to create a blog that explores the roles that Jovita Gonzalez and her works, primarily her historical novel Caballero, have played in Latino/a studies.
Her novel Caballero is a romantic and heart-wrenching portrayal of early Mexican-American life and touches upon so many universal themes and struggles unique to no single community nor culture. We hope this blog will help to make Jovita Gonzalez and her works more visible and to spread awareness of her tremendous impact upon Latino/a studies and perspectives of Mexican-American life, assimilation and history.
As a class project created by undergraduates we do not claim to present an authoritative nor complete examination of her influence and works. We do hope, though, that this will be a springboard from which further discussion, research and writing can be done. Our Bibliography will serve as a great starting place for any person looking to pursue further study and critical analysis.
We would like to thank Prof. Anthony Mora for the opportunity to take advantage of his wonderful class and for sharing his witty humor and dashingly handsome looks with us twice a week. Also, we would like to thank Hannah Noel, our Graduate Student Instructor and expert on all things from the Maya Diaspora to tipping etiquette for getting a tattoo, who helped encourage us to pursue our interests and have a blast in the meantime! Finally, we would like to thank Prof. Maria Cotera for her wonderful lecture which inspired this project from the beginning and for her unyielding determination and dedication to Jovita Gonzalez and Latino/a Studies that got her through a rather lengthy interview with, believe it or not, no coffee (Yikes!).
Thank you!
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