| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Contents |
The light of consciousness -- How will we get back home? -- The taco and the sandwich -- The chicken and the egg -- Day of the storm -- Férica Hill -- Heavenly Saturday -- Big bug that pees -- The curse of the Jassos -- Breaking wind, broken silence -- Over my dead body -- Where the ox does not plow -- The matadors -- Hitting the big time -- The night I loaned Kenny five dollars -- California dreamin' -- We are not beasts -- The Garden of Eden -- Ballad of a Chicano -- Night of the hurricane -- Juicy-fruit heartache -- What do you want -- a kiss? -- Las bodas de Pancho Peña -- Fear of "big balls" -- The death of Agustina Jasso -- Love in the time of hurricanes |
| Summary |
"Where the Ox Does Not Plow, an autobiographical ethnography, consists of twenty-six life episodes that chronicle Manuel Peña's transformative journey from an impoverished migrant worker to a career in academia. Inspired by his experiences and those of the people around him in Texas and California, Peña reflects on a wide range of issues arising from the historically marginalized condition of Mexicans and other Latinos in the United States. The narrative will engage readers with a broad range of human experiences, from race relations and economic exploitation to the intimacy of familial and romantic love."-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed November 17, 2020) |
| Subject |
Peña, Manuel H., 1942-
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| SUBJECT |
Peña, Manuel H., 1942- fast |
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Mexican Americans -- Southwest, New -- Biography
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Mexican Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- Southwest, New
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Mexican Americans -- Southwest, New -- Social conditions
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Ethnicity -- Southwest, New
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Ethnic relations
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Ethnicity
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Mexican Americans
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Mexican Americans -- Cultural assimilation
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Mexican Americans -- Social conditions
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Social conditions
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Southwest, New -- Ethnic relations
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Southwest, New -- Social conditions
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| Subject |
New Southwest
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0826344232 |
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9780826344236 |
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