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第146回（2002年 第7回開催） Fellowship
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第151回（2002年 第12回開催） Fellowship
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第224回（2002年 第14回開催） Winner
Rubén Martínez
ルベン・マルティネス
Ruben Martinez
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1962-01-01 （Los Angeles, California, United States）
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English, Spanish
- 居住地歴
- Los Angeles (birthplace) → Velarde, New Mexico (resident) → Joshua Tree, California (resident) → Marfa, Texas (resident)
経歴
- 職業
- journalist, author, musician, university professor
- 活動期間
- 1988年〜
- 所属
- Loyola Marymount University (Fletcher Jones Chair in Literature & Writing), University of Houston Creative Writing Program (former faculty), University of California, Santa Barbara (teaching affiliate), Claremont McKenna College (teaching affiliate)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whittier College (honorary) | — | — | 名誉人文学博士 (L.H.D.) | — | United States |
| Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Loeb Fellowship) | Loeb Fellowship | — | — | — | United States |
Whittier College (honorary)
学位:
名誉人文学博士 (L.H.D.)
卒業年:
2005
国:
United States
Honorary degree awarded in 2005
Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Loeb Fellowship)
Loeb Fellowship
国:
United States
Recipient of the Loeb Fellowship (year unspecified)
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Lannan Foundation Fellowship | Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail | — | Lannan Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | Loeb Fellowship | — | — | Harvard University Graduate School of Design | 受賞 |
| — | Freedom of Information Award | — | — | ACLU | 受賞 |
| — | Greater Press Club of Los Angeles Award of Excellence | — | — | Greater Press Club of Los Angeles | 受賞 |
| — | Luis Leal Award | — | — | UC Santa Barbara | 受賞 |
| — | Emmy Award | Life & Times (TV series) | — | Emmy Awards | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.) | — | — | Whittier College | 授与 |
Lannan Foundation Fellowship
2002
対象作品:
Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail
主催:
Lannan Foundation
結果:
受賞
Loeb Fellowship
主催:
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
結果:
受賞
Freedom of Information Award
主催:
ACLU
結果:
受賞
Greater Press Club of Los Angeles Award of Excellence
主催:
Greater Press Club of Los Angeles
結果:
受賞
Luis Leal Award
主催:
UC Santa Barbara
結果:
受賞
Emmy Award
対象作品:
Life & Times (TV series)
主催:
Emmy Awards
結果:
受賞
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.)
2005
主催:
Whittier College
結果:
授与
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail
2001年 non-fiction / narrative journalism 320ページA reportage following the Chavez family from Cheran, Michoacán, as they migrate across the United States, documenting the dangers, personal costs, and realities of undocumented migration.
immigrationborderfamilylabor and survival
Desert America: Boom and Bust in the New Old West
2012年 non-fiction / essays 304ページA series of reports and essays from places across the contemporary American West—New Mexico, Marfa, Joshua Tree—exploring wealth, poverty, ecological damage, and neglected communities.
communityeconomic disparityenvironmental issuescultural history
The New Americans
2004年 non-fiction / social history 320ページFollows seven immigrant families to examine how immigration transformed America, particularly in the wake of 9/11. Companion volume to the PBS documentary series of the same name.
immigrant historyacculturationdiscrimination and inequality
Flesh Life: Sex in Mexico City
2006年 non-fiction / photo-essay 160ページA collaboration with photographer Joseph Rodriguez documenting sex and urban culture in Mexico City.
urban culturesexdocumentary photography
The Other Side: Notes from the New L.A., Mexico City & Beyond
1993年 essays / non-fiction 240ページAn essay collection reflecting on culture, politics, and life in Los Angeles, Mexico City, and beyond.
urban cultureLatino experienceimmigrant perspectives
East Side Stories
1998年 photography / non-fiction 120ページCo-authored with Joseph Rodriguez, depicting East Los Angeles communities through photographs and text.
communityurban photographyLatino culture
全著作
- The Other Side: Notes From the New LA, Mexico City, and Beyond (1993)
- Eastside Stories (with Joseph Rodriguez) (1998)
- Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail (2001)
- The New Americans (2004)
- Flesh Life: Sex in Mexico City (with Joseph Rodriguez) (2006)
- Desert America: Boom and Bust in the New Old West (2012)
作風・主題
- 文体
- journalistic, fieldwork-based non-fictiona blend of essayistic perspective and narrative description
- 頻出モチーフ
- immigration and the borderLos Angeles and urban cultureLatino community history and identityeconomic disparity and community change
評価・遺産
Rubén Martínez is recognized for conveying immigrant experiences and the complexities of the American West and Los Angeles culture. His work, straddling journalism and literature, has influenced public discourse and documentary practice.
大衆文化への影響
- Companion book to the PBS documentary series "The New Americans"
引用
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"I might add that I live in one of the poorest villages in one of the poorest counties in one of the poorest states..."
出典: Desert America (author's comment) (2012年)
豆知識
- He was among the first Latino staffers at LA Weekly.
- Hosted the TV series Life & Times and won an Emmy Award.
- He is of Mexican-American paternal descent and Salvadoran maternal descent (second-generation on father's side).