Murguia Chicano Latino Periodicals Collection, 1975-2007

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Summary

Creators:
Alejandro Murguia Editorial Pocho-Che Editorial Poche-Che
Abstract:
Extent:
1LF, 1 box, 1 flat file
Language:
Preferred citation:

Murguia Chicano Latino Periodicals Collection. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo, Special Collections and Archives

Background

Scope and content:

Collection of 11 periodicals in English and Spanish, created by and about Chicano and Latinos between 1975-2007. Includes Volume 1 Issue 1 of Tin Tan. Collected by Alejandro Murguia, faculty San Francisco State University and founding member and first director of the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts.

Biographical / historical:

Tin-Tan, created in 1975, was the first Chicano magazine with an international perspective. It also promoted local Chicano artists and writers. It advocated a unified, pan-Latin American approach to Latino issues, especially in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was published by Editorial Poche-Che, and along with San Francisco’s Galeria de la Raza, is credited with helping to rediscover and publicize the life and art of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. The title Tin-Tan suggests a tribute to 1950s Mexican film star, Germán Valdez aka Tin-Tan. Dressed in zoot suit-style, he influenced the vocabulary and postures of Chicanos at the time. Alejandro Murguia is a two-time recipient of the American Book Award, most recently in August 2003 for This War Called Love: Nine Stories published by City Lights Books. His memoir The Medicine of Memory: A Mexica Clan in California published by University of Texas Press, has been nominated for the Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing. His past books include Southern Front an American Book Award winner in 1992 and Volcan, Poetry from Central America. He was also a founding member and the first director of the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. He is currently a faculty member of the Latina/Latino Studies Department in the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University.

Acquisition information:
Gift

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open to researchers by appointment. For more information on visiting, access policies, and reproduction requests, please visit our Reference Services page online at http://lib.calpoly.edu/search-and-find/collections-and-archives/reference-services/.

Terms of access:

Digital copies are provided to researchers for the purpose of study, research, and personal use only, unless otherwise specified in writing. Materials that are the property of Cal Poly Special Collections and Archives require written permission prior to publication. No complete collection may be reproduced. For print and online publication, please visit our Reproduction Services page online at http://lib.calpoly.edu/support/sca-policies/reproduction/. Special Collections and Archives reserves the right to review all reproduction requests and to withhold permission if scanning would endanger the material, would violate copyright law, or would violate institutional restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Murguia Chicano Latino Periodicals Collection. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo, Special Collections and Archives

Location of this collection:
Robert E. Kennedy Library, Rm 409
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, US
Contact:
(805) 756-2305
archives@calpoly.edu
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