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Author:

Tobar, Héctor, 1963-

Title:

Translation nation : defining a new American identity in the Spanish-speaking United States / Héctor Tobar.

Edition:

1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Riverhead Books,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

349 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Hispanic Americans--Social conditions.
Hispanic Americans--Ethnic identity.
United States--Ethnic relations.

Notes:

Originally published: 2005. Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-349).

Contents:

Americanismo: city of peasants: Los Angeles, California -- Where green chiles roam: no es imposible: San Ysidro, California ; Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico -- Brother citizen, brother alien: sin fronteras: Watts, California ; Ameca, Jalisco, Mexico -- The wanderers: el destierro: Ashland, Alabama ; McAllen, Texas ; Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico -- In the land of the new: en la tierra de lo nuevo: Dalton, Georgia ; Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico ; Memphis, Tennessee -- Our secret Latin heartlands: los secretos del machote: Rupert, Idaho ; Frankenmuth, Michigan ; Grand Island, Nebraska ; Liberal, Kansas -- Unconquered: la reconquista: Cordova, New Mexico ; San Fernando, California ; San Antonio, Texas -- The old men and the boy: los balseros: Miami, Florida -- Fathers, daughters, citizens, and strongwomen: el hambre y el orgullo: Barstow, Los Angeles, Bell Gardens, Maywood, Watts, and South Gate, California -- Una nación unida: heroes of another fatherland: El Reno, Oklahoma ; San Juan, Puerto Rico ; New York, New York ; Baghdad, Iraq -- Che and the three monkeys: che y los tres monos: La Higuera, Bolivia ; Buenos Aires, Argentina ; Los Angeles, California ; Ashland, Alabama.

ISBN:

9781594481765 (pbk.)
1594481768 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)66909763

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)