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(Re)constructing memory, place, and identity in twentieth century Houston : a memoir on family and being Mexican American in Space City USA / Louis Mendoza ; edited by Manuel Callahan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mendoza, Louis, author.
- Series:
- Latinx Studies (Lived Places Publishing)
- Latinx Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mexican American families.
- Immigrant families.
- Ethnicity.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (243 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- (Re)constructing memory, place, and identity in twentieth century Houston
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Lived Places Publishing, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- For the Mendoza-Martinez family, the answer to this question is complicated and evolving. In this fascinating memoir, author Dr Louis Mendoza tells his family's story over three generations, exploring the ongoing efforts to negotiate intense racialization in Texas. Examining questions of community, belonging and home, migrancy, and social strata, the book considers the interconnectedness of ethnic identity and place through the lens of lived experience. Explicitly addressing the challenges of constructing-or reconstructing-a multi-generational family narrative when the traditional resources of family archives are limited, this memoir will enhance and illuminate courses in Latinx or Latin American studies, migrant studies, American studies, sociology, oral history, and cultural anthropology.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- Introduction
- 1: Fragments of the Past
- 2: Becoming Americans
- 3: Coming of Age in the Space City
- Coda
- Recommended projects, assignments, and discussion questions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on Publisher's website, viewed August 09, 2023.
- Other Format:
- Print version: (Re)constructing memory, place, and identity in twentieth century Houston : a memoir on family and being Mexican American in Space city USA.
- ISBN:
- 9781915271549
- 9781915271563
- 9781915271556
- OCLC:
- 1381710941
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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