Migrant daughter : coming of age as a Mexican American woman / Frances Esquibel Tywoniak and Mario T. Garcia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tywoniak, Frances Esquibel, 1931-

Contributor:

García, Mario T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican American women--California--Biography.

Mexican American women.

Mexican American women--New Mexico--Biography.

Mexican American college students--California--Berkeley--Biography.

Mexican American college students.

Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers--Biography.

Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers.

Mexican American women--Ethnic identity.

Central Valley (Calif. : Valley)--Biography.

Central Valley (Calif. : Valley).

Artesia Region (N.M.)--Biography.

Artesia Region (N.M.).

University of California, Berkeley--Biography.

University of California, Berkeley.

Tywoniak, Frances Esquibel, 1931-.

Tywoniak, Frances Esquibel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Taking us from the open spaces of rural New Mexico and the fields of California's Great Central Valley to the intellectual milieu of student life in Berkeley during the 1950's, this memoir, based on an oral history by Mario T. Garcia, is the powerful and moving testimonio of a young Mexican American woman's struggle to rise out of poverty.

Contents:

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction by Mario T. Garc'a; 1. My Roots in New Mexico; 2. Moving on to a New Life in California; 3. Migrant Souls; 4. Discovering the Limits of the Barrio in Junior High; 5. Joining the High School Track to Success; 6. Scholarship Girl; 7. Off to College; 8. Settling into the Berkeley Ambiance; 9. New Vistas and New Connections; Postscript

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780520923041

0520923049

9781597347495

1597347493

OCLC:

475927504