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Maria Herrera-Sobek

Professor of Chicano Studies, is the Luis Leal Endowed Chair at UCSB and the Associate Director of the Center for Chicano Studies A renowned literary critic, poet, and folklore specialist, Dr. Herrera Sobek has published numerous books, articles and scholarly essays. Her books include:"The Bracero Experience: Elite Lore versus Folklore"; "Northward Bound: The Mexican Immigrant Experience in Ballad and Song"; and "The Mexican Corrido: A Feminist Analysis."

She has edited several volumes including: "Chicana Creativity and Criticism"; "Culture Across Borders"; "Mexican Immigration and Popular Culture"; Chicana Writers on Word and Film"; "Saga de Mexico"; and "Reconstructing a Hispanic/Chicano Literary Heritage."
Currently Dr. Herrera-Sobek is working on an anthology on narco-corridos and a book on contemporary critical theories and corridos as well as a volume on on chicana writers.

Publications
BOOKS EDITED:

1. West-Durán, Alan (Chief Editor), María Herrera-Sobek and César Delgado
(Associate Editors). Latina and Latino Writers. Volume I and II. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004.

Previously listed as forthcoming; it is now in print.

2. Ikas, Karen, Rudiger Aherns, Francisco Lomelí, and María Herrera-Sobek.
Violence and Transgression in World Minority Literature. Wursburg,Germany:
University of Wursburg, forthcoming, Fall 2004.

BOOK CONTRACT:

1. Chicano Folklore: A Handbook. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. Manuscript to be completed by Sept. 2005.