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The Desert Remembers My Name: On Family and Writing (Camino Del Sol)
Kathleen Alcalá
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 479.
My parents always told me I was Mexican. I was Mexican because they were Mexican. This was sometimes modified to ?Mexican American, since I was born in California, and thus automatically a U.S. citizen. But, my parents said, this, too, was once part of Mexico. My father would say this with a sweeping gesture, taking in the smog, the beautiful mountains, the cars and houses and fast-food franchises. When he made that gesture, all was cleared away in my mind's eye to leave the hazy impression of a better place. We were here when the white people came, the Spaniards, ... Read more
My parents always told me I was Mexican. I was Mexican because they were Mexican. This was sometimes modified to ?Mexican American, since I was born in California, and thus automatically a U.S. citizen. But, my parents said, this, too, was once part of Mexico. My father would say this with a sweeping gesture, taking in the smog, the beautiful mountains, the cars and houses and fast-food franchises. When he made that gesture, all was cleared away in my mind's eye to leave the hazy impression of a better place. We were here when the white people came, the Spaniards, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816526260
SKU
V9780816526260
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