CŽsar Chˆvez

Labor leader, social justice advocate, Chicano leader, and humanitarian are only some of the multifaceted renderings of CŽsar Ch‡vez. Ilan Stavans has compiled essays and first-person narratives that capture the multiple dimensions of this storied figure. To that end, Stavans's collection of timely articles separates fact from fiction, or as he puts it the "objective is the opposite of hagiography."||Broken into two sections, CŽsar Ch‡vez explores a variety of topics central to understanding the actual person instead of a shadowy apparition. The first part, "Considerations" offers critical ass