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Floricanto Press New Book Titles       http://www.floricantopress.com/            http://www.floricantopress.com/catalog/title_list_253178_products.htm   NEW!! Bring Me More Stories. By Sally Benforado. Floricanto Press ISBN: 0915745674  $22.95

In these short tales,
author Benforado weaves together the oral history of a family of
Sephardic Jews, from their close knit
home in Turkey to their new lives in America. They are stories of a
heritage that spans the globe, of centuries-old traditions transported to
a different world, and of people who held tightly to the ways of their
ancestors, who, like them, left their homes to settle in a strange new
land. Following their exodus
from Spain in 1492, Sephardic Jews were not allowed to remain on Spanish
territories. Any Sephardim who chose not to leave, had to convert to
Catholicism. Many chose to emigrate and leave Spain, their ancestral land
forever.The hardships faced upon leaving Spain were horrific for the
Spanish Jews. Paris vividly describes the following: Although some Jews
"traveled by donkey," the Jews of Spain, for the most part, literally
walked out of their country. These refugees were the "scholars, the sons
and daughters of families who had served their monarchs. . . shoemakers,
tanners, butchers, the old, the pregnant, [and] the young." Extraordinary
weather conditions, in the heat of summer, and the harshness of the land
caused many to endure severe suffering. The Sephardim who had so much
pride in their achievements could not believe their banishment. Traveling
conditions were quite dangerous, especially in unsafe ships. Yet, many
chose exile, and as Paris explains, " Those who chose exile were, for the
most part, the salt-of-the-earth of Spanish Jewry: the artisans, the
tradesmen, and the women?the historical carriers of religious tradition."
An extraordinary civilization was lost in Iberia, probably to never again
regain its glory.

Bring Me More Stories

stands as a living testament to a people born of their
Hispanic ancestry, Jewish tradition and immigrant
experience.

 

 NEW!!

The Illegal Alien: a Dagger into the Heart of America?? By
Raoul Lowery
Contreras, Floricanto Press ISBN:0-915745-61-5
$29.95

ILLEGAL ALIEN is the most reasoned analysis to date of the
controversial issue of illegal immigration and its growing impact on the
American economy and way of life. Mr. Contreras makes a historical
comparison of immigration and a well-documented scrutiny of the vocal
opinions of well-known anti-immigrant spoke-persons as well as those who
seek unrestricted openness of our borders.    ?With impeccable logic, Raoul Lowery
Contreras demolishes the drivel emanating from anti-immigration fanatics -
the ?knuckle-dragging element within the Republican Party,? as he puts it.
Yet he is clear-eyed enough to also take on the ?professional
plantationeers? of the radical Chicano movement and their liberal sponsors
on America?s campuses and at
activist ?minority? groups. A cry for common sense from the radical
center, showing American Hispanics can - and must - punch to the left and
to the right.? Roger E. Hernández, Nationally
Syndicated Columnist

NEW!!

 Remnants of Crypto-Jews Among
Hispanic Americans. By Gloria Golden.
Floricanto Press, ISBN:0-915745-56-9
$29.95

Hidden deep in the heart of the American
Southwest among the larger Hispanic population are descendants of the
Sephardim, Jews from Spain and Portugal.
Five hundred years after their expulsion from Spain
remnants of Judaism are still practiced within Southwestern Hispanic
communities. Often unaware of their origins, conversos have
revealed, through oral history, how the ancestral faith of the Crypto-Jews
has been passed on from generation to generation. "Five hundred years
after the Inquisition, Gloria Golden manages to turn the little-known
subject of crypto-Jews into an inspiring tale of identity. The rich
portraiture and captivating oral histories offer a poignant view of what
it means to discover and embrace one's Judaism." Elana Harris, Managing
Editor, B'nai B'rith Magazine "Gloria Golden's images and text provide a
valuable insight into the Crypto-Judaic world. All who are drawn to this
fascinating subject will find great rewards in this volume." Rabbi Joshua
Stampfer, Founder and First President of the Society for Crypto Judaic
Studies "The impact of these photographs and related interviews cannot be
measured. Surely, through their existence, we touch a part of our past,
and preserve it for our children's children. It is another piece in the
great puzzle of our scattered people." Flora Sussely, Director, Adult
Programs, Mittleman Jewish Community
Center

Borrowing Time: A Latino Sexual
Odyssey. By Carlos T. Mock, M.D.  Edited by Andrea Alessandra
Cabello, UC Berkeley. ISBN: 0-915745-54-2 $39.95
Hardbound  ?Whatever your
orientation, no matter your ethnicity, you?ll never be the same after a
journey through this odyssey. A vivid and visceral
portrayal of a sexual and political coming-of-age in today?s America?and
beyond.? Laura S. Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett University
Professor, DePaul University; Columnist, Chicago Sun-Times. 
?Gay literature is rich in so many areas, yet we still have a need
for strong stories from the world of Latino culture?about family, about
youth, about coming out, about creating adult relationships, about AIDS.
Now, Carlos Mock give us a strong Latino story
that deals with all these isues.? ?Patricia Nell
Warren, author of The Front Runner and The Wild
Man.     

Love &
Riot: Oscar Zeta Acosta and the Great Mexican American
Revolt.  By Burton Moore. With
Preamble by Diego Vigil with the assistance of Richard E. Vigil,
Nome de guerre, Mangas Coloradas. Edited by
Andrea Alessandra Cabello. $39.95
Hardbound. ISBN: 0-915745-29-1 $39.95 This is the story of the
rage and fury of the Los Angeles Riots that swept LA during the gestation
of the Movimiento Chicano, MECHA, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, and of the remarkable life of Oscar Zeta
Acosta?a radical civil-rights lawyer who defended Chicano activists, among
them the LA 13, won new rights for Latinos, and challenged the LA
establishment.

The Cult of
Jaguar.      By Bonnie Hayman. Floricanto Press, Mountain View, Ca. 2004. ISBN:
0915745585 Hardbound $39.95  Set in the sultry and mysterious jungles of Mexico,
with a backdrop of Mayan calendar, pyramids, Maya prophecies ( Maya calendario, piramides y
profecias), the story revolves around several
interesting characters who are after the same thing-each for a different
reason.  What happened to the ancient native
civilizations of Mexico and Central America, which disappeared without a
trace? The Mayan and Aztec cultures left important archaeological sites in
Middle America before their civilizations vanished from this
earth.

   

THE DRUGLORD. Neissa, Peter A. 2004
210 pgs.
(pbk) ISBN: 091574526
$38.95 It is the true life story of Gonzalo  Rodriguez
Gacha, the drug lord of the Bogota branch of the Colombian Drug Cartel, this historical novel offers a factual and
knowledgeable Colombian perspective that well connected Colombians have
known for years: the real Drug Cartel, a group consisting of over
two-hundred drug traffickers, met for the first time in 1976, not to
discuss drugs, but to devise a solution to the kidnapping and murders
inflicted upon them by the Marxist guerrillas. This led to cooperation on
other matters ?like cocaine. The Drug Lord, born an outcast in 1952,
during Colombia?s bloody civil war, rose from poverty to multi-billionaire
status in the violent world of cocaine traffic.

Tina
Modotti?s Mexico: A Tale of Love & Revolution  Bonnie Hayman. Edited by Andrea Alessandra Cabello, UC
Berkeley. ISBN: 0-915745-40-2
$39.95 Hardbound   Hayman
situates Tina Modotti (1896-1942) profoundly
within her social period from her 1913 emigration to San Francisco to a
full-fledged member of the intellectual wing of the Mexican Communist
Party. She is one of the most important contemporary women of
Mexico.  When the Mexican president was assassinated,
she was accused and deported. She returned to Mexico many years later and
lived alone in a small cottage until her mysterious death in a taxi at age
46. Octavio Paz claimed that Tina Modotti belonged ?more to the history of passions than
to the history of ideologies?  Modotti lived a full life of her own choice, and that
politics, ideology, and history were never paramount to her own personal
life?an indescribable story of fame, style, gossip and turmoil.

LATINA
HEALERS: LIVES OF POWER AND TRADITION

Oliva Espín. 
173 pgs. (pbk) Ser.: La Mujer Latina. 2004
ISBN: 0-915745-49-6 Includes biblio and table.
$35.00
               
"Latina Healers casts new light on the centrality of gender and
migration status on the lives of Latina women. Encompassing the
idiosyncrasies of individual decisions and the social context of the
healers' lives, this book presents an original analysis of the
relationship between gender, power, religious beliefs and social status of
curanderas. It brings the scholarship on life
narratives together with understandings of the impact of migration and
traditional beliefs on the lives of these women. Heralding women not as
passive victims of social forces, but as active and creative agents of
their lives, the book's findings are valuable for mental health
practitioners, feminist scholars, and all interested in the lives of
Latinas."  Lillian Comas-Díaz, Ph.D.,

The Salvation of La
Purísima. By T.M. Spooner.
ISBN: 0-915745-55-0. Hard cover $32.95.

New Novel, The Salvation of La
Purísima, explores an
anthropologist?s struggle with professional objectivity as he is drawn into a crisis in a
Mexican village. The chilling and dramatic events will significantly
change him.  In the aftermath of a death
during a border-crossing attempt, a Mexican village desperately searches
for understanding and survival.  Compellingly told and written ? with tender regard for its
characters. T.M. Spooner?s debut novel, The
Salvation of La Purísima, reveals the forces driving migrants
north and the resulting impact on the communities and families left
behind. The journey north is no longer just an economic necessity, but has
evolved into a right of passage for so many of Mexico?s rural youth.

 

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