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