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" Amá, your story is mine : "
by Ercenia "Alice" Cedeño ; edited by Susan Dixon.
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BL
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985029
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b739399
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Cedeño, Ercenia,1949-
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Amá, your story is mine : : walking out of the shadows of abuse /\ by Ercenia "Alice" Cedeño ; edited by Susan Dixon.
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1st ed.
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Austin :: University of Texas Press,, 2007.
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xvi, 176 pages :: illustrations ;; 22 cm
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0292716567
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: 0292716575
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: 9780292716568
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: 9780292716575
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| Abstract
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"A significant contribution to the field of Latina autobiography. . . . It would [also] be very useful to many readers in other disciplines, especially to those in American studies, sociology, and women's studies." --Norma E. Cantú, Professor of English and U.S. Latina/o Literature, University of Texas at San Antonio, and author of Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la frontera In the preface to her memoir, Ercenia "Alice" Cedeño recalls the secrecy and turmoil that marked her youth: "I spent most of my growing years mad at my mother and wanting her to change to fit in with the rest of the world," she writes. "When my sisters and I wanted her to visit our friends' mothers, she would say, 'Why do people need to know other peoples' lives?' Looking back, I wonder if she was really saying, 'I don't want them to know our business.' There was so much to hide." Now bringing those hidden memories to light, Walking Out of the Shadows traces the hardship, violence, deceit, and defiance that shaped the identity of two generations of women in Alice's family. Born in the mountains of northern Mexico, Alice's mother married at age 14 into a family rife with passion that often turned to anger. After losing several infant children to disease, the young couple crossed into the United States seeking a better life. Unfolding in a series of powerful vignettes, Walking Out of the Shadows describes in captivating detail a daring matriarch who found herself having to protect her children from their own father while facing the challenges of cultural discrimination. By turns wry and tender, Alice's recollections offer a rare memoir that fully encompasses the Latina experience in the United States.
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Cedeño, Ercenia,1949-
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Cedeño, Ercenia,1949-Family.
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Cedeño, Ercenia,1949-
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Family violence-- United States, Case studies.
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Grandmothers-- United States, Biography.
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Immigrants-- United States, Biography.
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Mexican American families.
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Mexican American women, Biography.
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Mexican American women-- Social conditions, Case studies.
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Migrant labor-- United States, Case studies.
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Mothers and daughters-- United States, Biography.
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Families.
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Family violence.
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Grandmothers.
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Immigrants.
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Mexican American families.
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Mexican American women-- Social conditions.
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Mexican American women.
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Migrant labor.
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Mothers and daughters.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.868/720730092B
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E184.M5C383 2007
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Dixon, Susan.
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