The Desert Remembers My Name On Family and Writing |
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| Author:
| Alcalá, Kathleen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8165-2626-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2007 |
| Publisher: | University of Arizona Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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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 ...
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 ...