Literary Nonfiction. Latino/Latina Studies. 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 in the first passage in LA MIGRA ME HIZO LOS MANDADOS 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. In these pages, radio personality Alicia Alarcon collects the footsteps of these travelers, listeners invited to share their experiences as migrants to the United States, through their flight and their falls. 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.
Literary Nonfiction. Latino/Latina Studies. 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 in the first passage in LA MIGRA ME HIZO LOS MANDADOS 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. In these pages, radio personality Alicia Alarcon collects the footsteps of these travelers, listeners invited to share their experiences as migrants to the United States, through their flight and their falls. 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.
La Migra me hizo los mandados
192La Migra me hizo los mandados
192Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781558853676 |
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Publisher: | Arte Publico Press |
Publication date: | 10/28/2002 |
Edition description: | New Edition |
Pages: | 192 |
Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d) |
Language: | Spanish |