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True tales from another Mexico : the Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino, and the Bronx / Sam Quinones.

Van Pelt Library F1236 .Q55 2001
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Quinones, Sam, 1958-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mexico--Politics and government--1988-.
Mexico.
Politics and government.
Mexico--Social conditions--1970-.
Social conditions.
Mexico--Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Physical Description:
336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2001]
Summary:
Keen observation and astute interviews lead journalist Sam Quinones on the quest to find the authentic modern Mexico--both in Mexico and East L.A., and other parts of the U.S.
Contents:
1. The Ballad of Chalino Sanchez 11
2. Lynching in Huejutla 31
3. Telenovela 53
4. The Jotos of La Fogata 79
5. San Quintin 97
6. Zeus and the Oaxaca Hoops 117
7. The Dead Women of Juarez 137
8. West Side Kansas Street 153
Photo Section 173
9. The Bronx 181
10. Leaving Nueva Jerusalen 197
11. Jesus Malverde 225
12. Tepito 233
13. The Last Valiente 249
14. The Popsicle Kings of Tocumbo 267
15. Nuevo Chupicuaro 283
Afterword
July 2: Another Mexico Emerges 293
Appendix Story Updates 326.
ISBN:
0826322956
0826322964
OCLC:
44573360

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