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Oscar Zeta Acosta

Oscar Zeta Acosta was an American lawyer, novelist, writer, politician, jurist and activist (1935–1974). He was born at El Paso and died at Mazatlán.

Oscar Zeta Acosta in brief

Born
1935
Died
1974
Known for
lawyer, novelist, writer, politician, jurist and activist
Place of birth
El Paso
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Catalogued works

7 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1972 to 1996.

Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo. The Revolt of the Cockroach People. Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo (Vintage International). La révolte des cafards. The catalina papers. Oscar "Zeta" Acosta, dated 1996. The autobiography of a brown buffalo, dated 1972.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Three OSCAR ‘‘ZETA’’ ACOSTA’S DE-FORMED AUTO-BIO-GRAPHÉ, Postethnic Narrative Criticism, 2003. Oscar Zeta Acosta and Nepantla: The Conceptual In-between, American Studies in Scandinavia, 2015. Excerpt from <em>Triangulations: Narrative Strategies for Navigating Latino Identity</em>, Journal of Transnational American Studies, 2011. Dos escritores Chicanos sobre Ciudad Juárez, Nóesis, 2013. Excerpt from &lt;em&gt;Triangulations: Narrative Strategies for Navigating Latino Identity&lt;/em&gt;, Journal of Transnational American Studies, 2011.

Digitised editions and texts

1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by Internet Archive.

The revolt of the cockroach people (1989) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 19 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Oscar Zeta Acosta studied at San Francisco State University, San Francisco Law School and Oakdale High School. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is law.

Works named in the authority record are Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo.

Chronology

  1. 1935Oscar Zeta Acosta born at El Paso.
  2. 1974Oscar Zeta Acosta died at Mazatlán.
  3. 1989The revolt of the cockroach people digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1996Oscar "Zeta" Acosta.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Oscar Zeta Acosta”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q953410: Oscar Zeta Acosta

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