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Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Mi voz, mi vida. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007 (OCoLC)608118728 |
Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Andrew Garrod; Robert Kilkenny; Christina Gomez |
ISBN: | 9780801445972 0801445973 9780801473869 0801473861 |
OCLC Number: | 76967277 |
Description: | xiii, 262 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Introduction : being and becoming Latino -- Resilience : the struggle to be strong. The devils within / Eric Martinez -- Dignity and doubt / Joseph Rodriguez -- Beyond the euphoric buzz / Sarah Fox -- Biculturalism : on both sides of the border. The hatred within / José García -- Was it worth it? / Marissa Saldivar -- The double life / Abiel Acosta -- The unknown want / Miguel Ramírez -- Mentoring : the someone in my life. Orgullo dominicana / Angelita Urena -- The coquí's call / Robert Cotto -- A latinidad I cannot, will not hide / Viana Turcios -- Latino identities : becoming and unbecoming Latino. The strange comfort of an unknown future / Alejo Alvarez -- Me against the wall / Antonio Rodríguez -- On being Canela / Norma Andrade -- Living between the lines / Alessandro Meleéndez -- One life, many lenses / David Ralos. |
Responsibility: | edited by Andrew Garrod, Robert Kilkenny, and Christina Gómez. |
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"Mi Voz, Mi Vida recounts the opening chapters in the life stories of a Latino generation that will reshape American history in the twenty-first century. Here you will find true tales of strivers who often cross a wide cultural divide in search of ultimate success."-Hector Tobar, author of Translation Nation: Defining a New American Identity in the Spanish Speaking United States Read more...
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