American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood But only when she immigrated with her family to the United States did she come to understand that she was a hybrid American, an individual whose cultural identity was split in half. In these landscap
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| Title | : | American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.88 (351 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0385319622 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2001-05-08 |
| Genre | : |
Editorial : From Publishers Weekly Though this memoir of growing up in America and Peru centers on Arana's parents' turbulent marriage, her real focus is the way cultures define, limit and enrich us. At one point, Arana, whose mother is American and father is Peruvian, recalls her first lesson in the color politics of Latin America. She was living in a gated house, in a factory town high in the Andes, and wanted to invite the daughter of the family cook to her birthday party. Of course she can come, said Arana's mother, but if she does, none of the mothers of the other little girls will allow them to attend; an Indian girl is not accepted at a party of aristocratic schoolchildren. "I am reminded of my political innocence," Arana writes, "when I go to Latino conferences in the U.S When I see the children of Spanish-blooded oligarchs line up alongside migrant workers for a piece of affirmative action." It is this willingness to slice through convenient classifications, to see the rifts in every grou
From her father's genteel Peruvian family, Marie Arana was taught to be a proper lady, yet from her mother's American family she learned to shoot a gun, break a horse, and snap a chicken's neck for dinner. Arana shuttled easily between these deeply separate cultures for years. But only when she immigrated with her family to the United States did she come to understand that she was a hybrid American, an individual whose cultural identity was split in half. Coming to terms with this split is at the heart of this graceful, beautifully realized portrait of a child who "was a north-south collision, a New World fusion. An American chica."Through Arana's eyes the reader will discover not only the diverse, earthquake-prone terrain of Peru, charged with ghosts of history and mythology, but also the vast prairie lands of Wyoming, "grave-slab flat," and hemmed by mountains. In these landscapes resides a fierce and colorful cast of family members who bring her historia vividly to lif
History was made in Everett, WA 40 years ago when the "Queen of the Skies" was developed and built. Ms. This book is for hard core fans of automotive history. Solid PM concepts and excellent backstory. I remembered the difficult adjustment when we moved from Puerto Rico to Canada. Wonderful read! Inspiring & Captivating, I read this book in one sitting! It was truly eye opening, I have recommended this book to several friends who agreed this is an amazing book worth reading & sharing, I give this book 5 Stars & highly recommend it!. I wanted to shout "I'm an American!" every time I would overhear teachers and other students referring to me as the "Puerto Rican girl." I remember being embarrassed when fellow students would ask me to "say something in Spanish" and then later the culture shock when we moved to Texas and I became known as "the Canadian."
As our world becomes smaller, travel more accessible, and bicultural families more common, Arana's work becomes meaningful to all of
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