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.jpg) Octavio Romano, founder of Quinto Sol (1970) | |
| Industry | Independent Publisher |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1967 at UC Berkeley |
| Founder |
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| Defunct | 1974 |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Products | El Grito: A Journal of Contemporary Mexican-American Thought |
Quinto Sol was the first fully independent publishing house to surface from the Chicano movement in the Sixties. Editorial Quinto Sol (Quinto Sol Publications) was founded in 1967 at UC Berkeley by Octavio I. Romano, a professor of Behavioral Science and Public Health, in collaboration with Nick C. Vaca and Andres Ybarra.[1] The name "Quinto Sol" is Spanish for "Fifth Sun" and it refers to the Aztec myth of creation and destruction. Since the beginning of the Chicano movement in the 1960s, this concept has become a pathway to cultural expression. The Fifth Sun has constantly been integrated into the music, art and literature of the Chicano idea.[2]
The goals of the publication house included "cultural unity and self-determination"[3] and the publishing house, its authors, and the works they produced were centrally important in the Chicano Movement in the 1970s.[4] Aiming to create an academic and literary outlet for Chicano voices, it originated from the movement's need of an unbiased artistic venue for Mexican American authors. Literary nationalism was, after all, the driving cultural force behind "El Movimiento" (Chicano Movement) at the end of the 1960s[1]
- ^ a b Lopez, Dennis. "Good-Bye Revolution?Hello Cultural Mystique: Quinto Sol Publications and Chicano LiteraryNationalism." JSTOR. N.p., 2010. Web. 16 Nov. 2013.
- ^ Herrera-Sobek, María. Celebrating Latino Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2012. Online.
- ^ Martín-Rodríguez, Manuel M., Life in Search of Readers: Reading (In) Chicano/a Literature. University of New Mexico Press, 2003.:18
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