Bless Me, Ultima

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Chicano literature work novel

Bless Me, Ultima is a landmark Chicano novel by Rudolfo Anaya that follows a young boy’s spiritual and cultural coming-of-age in rural New Mexico under the guidance of a curandera.

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Bless Me, Ultima (film) 2
Bless Me, Ultima canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chicano literature work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptation Bless Me, Ultima (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
adaptationType feature film ⓘ
author Rudolfo Anaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
censorshipStatus frequently challenged book in the United States ⓘ
containsElement Catholic symbolism ⓘ
folk healing practices ⓘ
indigenous spiritual traditions ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresCharacter Cico NERFINISHED ⓘ
Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gabriel Márez NERFINISHED ⓘ
María Luna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Narciso NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tenorio Trementina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ultima NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Carl Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2013 ⓘ
genre Chicano literature ⓘ
bildungsroman ⓘ
coming-of-age novel ⓘ
magical realism ⓘ
hasCharacterRole Antonio is a young boy ⓘ
Tenorio Trementina is an antagonist NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ultima is a curandera NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme Chicano identity ⓘ
conflict between Catholicism and folk spirituality ⓘ
cultural identity ⓘ
family expectations ⓘ
good and evil ⓘ
nature and the land ⓘ
spiritual coming-of-age ⓘ
laterPublisher Grand Central Publishing NERFINISHED ⓘ
Warner Books NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryMovement Chicano Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
literarySignificance considered a classic of Mexican American literature ⓘ
widely taught in U.S. schools and universities ⓘ
mainCharacter Antonio Márez y Luna NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePointOfView first-person ⓘ
narrator Antonio Márez y Luna NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor being a landmark of Chicano literature ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
protagonist Antonio Márez y Luna NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear 1972 ⓘ
publisher TQS Publications NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
settingLocation rural New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingTimePeriod World War II era NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Chicano literature → hasNotableWork → Bless Me, Ultima ⓘ
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo → notableWork → Bless Me, Ultima ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bless Me, Ultima (film)
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo → memberOfCast → Bless Me, Ultima ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bless Me, Ultima (film)