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Breaking the Silence

August 25, 2015 By Jamie Manser Leave a Comment

Breaking the Silence

(Published by Zocalo Magazine on August 25, 2015.) Cristina Devereaux Ramírez’s Feminist Recovery Project Cristina Devereaux Ramírez speaks with verve and passion when she talks about the Mexican women journalists she covers in her recently-released UA Press book. Her eyes flash with light and fire. This passion is good, and required. It’s important and time-consuming research that Ramírez is conducting, saving and sharing. “All of these women were doing something absolutely unheard of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, Features, History Tagged With: 1875-1942, Cristina Devereaux Ramírez, Occupying Our Space: The Mestiza Rhetorics of Mexican Women Journalists and Activists, UA Press

The 1960s: Urban Renewal and Barrio Destruction

February 10, 2012 By Jamie Manser Leave a Comment

The 1960s: Urban Renewal and Barrio Destruction

This article was part of a special February 2012 Zocalo Magazine issue commemorating the 100th anniversary of Arizona’s statehood. The complete section of Tucson snapshots over the last 10 decades is at this link. No discussion about Downtown Tucson over the last 100 years would be complete without paying homage to Los Tucsonenses and the late 1960s decimation of la calle – 80 acres of Downtown that was once a culturally diverse residential and business district. Tucsonenses, as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Barrio destruction, Barrio Stories, Downtown Tucson, La Calle, Lydia Otero, Tucson Convention Center

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