| The Border Patrol Ate My Dust Contributor(s): Alarcon, Alicia (Author), Brammer, Ethriam Cash (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1558854320 ISBN-13: 9781558854321 Publisher: Arte Publico Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2004 Annotation: In 1979, Mexican President Jose Lopez Portilla assured his compatriots that the prosperity of the petroleum boom would reach every corner of the Republic of Mexico. The mother of the narrator of the first passage in this collection asks, "Do you believe what the president says?" The young narrator listens agape at the president's statements, while his work-weary parents contemplate a trip to el Norte. When the promised prosperity doesn't reach the corners of San Luis Potosi, the narrator sets out with his father to try to improve their finances. With the dream of the wealthy Hollywood that he sees on television tucked in his pocket, he, along with the other narrators in this collection of testimonials, struggles to reach the United States. Radio personality Alicia Alarcon invited listeners who had migrated to the United States to call and share their stories. In these pages, Alarcon collects the footsteps of these travelers, through their flight and their falls. Their stories highlight the true American experience for immigrants from all over South and Central America who decide to leave their respective homelands. These intriguing but heartbreaking passages reveal young and old, men and women, who must overcome the impossible as they hope to find a better place than the one they've left behind. These difficult and gritty stories are the stories of the successful, the ones who make it across, past the natural and the bureaucratic obstacles along the border, only to scratch together lives on the other side. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004048530 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.7" W x 8.42" (0.60 lbs) 203 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Chicano - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cultural Studies. Latino/Latina Studies. Translation by Ethriam Cash Brammer. Eye-opening first-hand testimonies of immigrants navigating the U.S. border. Radio personality Alicia Alarcon invited listeners to call and share their stories. These intriguing but heartbreaking passages reveal young and old, men and women, who must overcome the impossible as they hope to find a better place than the one they've left behind. These difficult and gritty stories are the stroies of the successful, the ones who make it across,only to scratch together lives on the other side. "This wonderful firsthand description of the immigration experience is recommended for public and academic libraries and bookstores" - Criticas (Starred Review). |