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03430cam a2200469 i 4500 001 8DB04E72DFA911EE9E040CB60C3FDB2A 003 SILO 005 20240311081621 008 210220s2021 iauab 000 0aeng 010 $a 2021007088 020 $a 1609388054 020 $a 9781609388058 035 $a (OCoLC)1242021541 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d UKMGB $d YDX $d YUS $d GYG $d OCL $d OCLCO $d OCLCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ia 050 00 $a F629.W4464 $b R46 2021 082 00 $a 977.7/68 $2 23 100 1 $a Renteria, Chuy, $d 1985- $e author. $4 aut 245 10 $a We heard it when we were young / $c Chuy Renteria. 264 1 $a Iowa City : $b University of Iowa Press, $c [2021] 300 $a 221 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 23 cm 505 00 $t What bonds us together. $t Fistfights and quinceanÌeras -- $t Lessons in B-boying -- $t What bonds us together. 520 $a "Most agree that West Liberty is a special place. The first majority Hispanic town in Iowa, it has been covered by media giants such as Reuters, Telemundo, NBC, and ESPN. But Chuy Renteria and his friends grew up in the space between these news stories, where a more complicated West Liberty awaits, full of small-town joy and horrific violence. We Heard it When We Were Young tells the story of a young boy, first generation Mexican-American, who is torn between cultures. Between immigrant parents trying to acclimate to Midwestern life and a town that was, by turns, supportive and disturbingly antagonistic. Chuy's story looks past the public celebrations of diversity to dive into the private tensions of a community reflecting the changing American landscape. There are culture clashes, breakdancing battles, fistfights, quinceanÌeras, vandalism, adventures on bicycles, and souped-up lowriders, all set to an early 2000s soundtrack. Chuy and his friends struggle to find their identities and reckon with intergenerational trauma and racism, in a town trying to do the same. Growing up in West Liberty was a never a simple journey, easily categorized as good or bad, safe or dangerous, but one filled with the depths of the human experience. A humorous and poignant reflection on coming of age, We Heard It When We Were Young puts its finger on a particular cultural moment at the turn of the millennium"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Renteria, Chuy, $d 1985- $x Childhood and youth. 650 0 $a Mexican American youth $z West Liberty $z West Liberty $v Biography. 650 0 $a Children of immigrants $z West Liberty $z West Liberty $v Biography. 650 0 $a Mexican Americans $z West Liberty $z West Liberty $x Social conditions. 651 0 $a West Liberty (Iowa) $v Biography. 651 0 $a West Liberty (Iowa) $x Ethnic relations. 650 7 $a Childhood and youth of a person $2 fast 650 7 $a Children of immigrants $2 fast 650 7 $a Ethnic relations $2 fast 650 7 $a Mexican American youth $2 fast 650 7 $a Mexican Americans $x Social conditions $2 fast 651 7 $a Iowa $z West Liberty $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Renteria, Chuy, 1985- $t We heard it when we were young $d Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2021] $z 9781609388065 $w (DLC) 2021007089 941 $a 1 $n 1 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20240311083729.0 $m BK CLUB B RENTERIA $n 19 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8DB04E72DFA911EE9E040CB60C3FDB2A 994 $a C0 $b IOZInitiate Another SILO Locator Search