First Edition of Josephina Niggli's "Mexican Village" Early English Mexican Literature

Josephina Niggli

First Edition

[Chicano] [Literature] Niggli, Josephina. Mexican Village. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1945. First edition. Orange cloth board. 491 pages. Measures 5.75" x 8". A collection of ten stories interweaving Mexican folklore and culture in a post-revolutionary Mexico, exploring themes of race, gender, identity, and nationality in a northern Mexican town. Josephina Niggli was the first Mexican-American to write about the Mexican diaspora in English to reach a broad American audience; her themes and topics were very progressive for the mid 1900's and explored equality in race, gender, culture, nationality, and ethnicity. Mexican Village was adapted into a film in 1953 under the title Sombrero, and she went on to write for Hollywood for some time as well, although she was largely uncredited for her work. Her writings created the foundation for later Latino/Latina & Chicano/Chicana feminists in the mid to late 20th century. Minor wear to dust jacket; not price-clipped. Overall, in very good condition.

Item #20089

Price: $225.00