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ALURISTA
Interview with Alurista
Alurista was born Alberto Baltazar Urista Heredia in Mexico City on August 8, 1947. He moved to San Diego in his early teens, and in the 1960s emerged as a Chicano poet and writer. He earned a bachelor's in psychology from San Diego State, and a master's and doctorate in Spanish literature from the University of California at San Diego.
Alurista is well-known for his support of the Chicano liberation movement through his poetry and literature, with such contributions as "El Plan Espirtual de Aztlán," first read in 1969 at the First National Chicano Youth Liberation Conference in Denver, Colorado, and recognized as the manifesto of the Chicano movement. He has published many works of literature and nonfiction on Chicano culture and history, and was one of the first Chicano poets in the United States to publish in both English and Spanish.
As a community activist, Alurista cofounded various organizations at San Diego State University such as Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) and the Department of Chicano Studies. He has taught at California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo), the University of Texas at Austin, and Escuela Tlatelolco in Denver. In this talk Alurista discusses starting MAYA/MEChA in 1969 with five other Chicano students, and how they advocated the recruitment of Chicano students on the San Diego State campus. At the time of this talk, he was celebrating the publication of his first novel, As our barrio turns: who the yoke b on?, which came out in 2000. Alurista reads from three of his poetry books (Return, Z Eros, and Et Tu... Raza?), as well as the last chapter from his historical novel about the takeover of Chicano Park and the establishment of the Chicano Free Clinic. The conclusion of the talk includes a question and answer session.
Alurista is well-known for his support of the Chicano liberation movement through his poetry and literature, with such contributions as "El Plan Espirtual de Aztlán," first read in 1969 at the First National Chicano Youth Liberation Conference in Denver, Colorado, and recognized as the manifesto of the Chicano movement. He has published many works of literature and nonfiction on Chicano culture and history, and was one of the first Chicano poets in the United States to publish in both English and Spanish.
As a community activist, Alurista cofounded various organizations at San Diego State University such as Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) and the Department of Chicano Studies. He has taught at California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo), the University of Texas at Austin, and Escuela Tlatelolco in Denver. In this talk Alurista discusses starting MAYA/MEChA in 1969 with five other Chicano students, and how they advocated the recruitment of Chicano students on the San Diego State campus. At the time of this talk, he was celebrating the publication of his first novel, As our barrio turns: who the yoke b on?, which came out in 2000. Alurista reads from three of his poetry books (Return, Z Eros, and Et Tu... Raza?), as well as the last chapter from his historical novel about the takeover of Chicano Park and the establishment of the Chicano Free Clinic. The conclusion of the talk includes a question and answer session.
Alberto Baltazar Urista Heredia; Alurista; Chicano Movement; Chicano arts
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Spanish; English
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00:57:27
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