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Thanks to Life
A Biography of Violeta Parra
The compelling story of how a woman, born in the early-twentieth century in a small town in southern Chile, invented and reinvented herself to became a world-renown songwriter, composer, and visual artist whose work continues to resonate today.
“Thanks to Life is an outstanding piece of biographical work on a world-class artist whose legacy continues to shape Latin American music and culture.”
— Heidi Tinsman, author of Buying into the Regime: Grapes and Consumption in Cold War Chile and the United States
About Ericka Verba
Ericka Verba is Director and Professor of Latin American Studies at California State University, Los Angeles. Her research interests include the cultural Cold War, the role of music in social movements, and the intersection of gender and class politics in twentieth-century Latin America. She has received grants from the National Endowment from the Humanities, the Mellon Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, the Fulbright, and the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. She is a founding member of SCALAS (Southern California Association of Latin American Studies) and the recipient of the E. Bradford Burns Award for service to the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies.