Butterfly boy : memories of a Chicano mariposa /
González, Rigoberto,
Butterfly boy : memories of a Chicano mariposa / Rigoberto González. - 1 online resource (xii, 207 pages) - Writing in Latinidad . - Writing in Latinidad. .
Smarting points, starting points -- Summer's passage, Southern California, 1990 -- Welcome to Indio, California, Pop. 36,793 -- Ghost whisper to my lover -- Now leaving Mexicali, Baja California, Norte -- Ghost whisper to my lover -- Childhood and other language lessons -- Bakersfield, California, 1970-72 -- Zacapu, México, 1972-79 -- Thermal, California, 1979-80 -- Thermal, 1981-82 (Our little home on top of the garage) -- Summer's passage -- Adolescent mariposa -- Ghost whisper to my lover -- Indio, 1983-88 ("El Campo" years) -- Zacapu days and nights of the dead -- Summer's passage -- Ghost whisper to my lover -- Zacapu, July 1990 (Imago) -- Unpinned -- Riverside, California -- Ghost whisper to my lover. pt. 1. pt. 2. pt. 3. pt. 4. pt. 5.
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"Heartbreaking, poetic, and intensely personal, this is a unique coming-out and coming-of-age story of a first-generation Chicano who trades one life for another, only to discover that history and memory are not exchangeable or forgettable. Growing up among poor migrant Mexican farmworkers, González also faces the pressure of coming-of-age as a gay man in a culture that prizes machismo. Losing his mother when he is twelve, González must then confront his father's abandonment and an abiding sense of cultural estrangement. His only sense of connection gets forged in a violent relationship with an older man. By finding his calling as a writer, and by revisiting the relationship with his father during a trip to Mexico, González finally claims his identity at the intersection of race, class, and sexuality. The result is a leap of faith that every reader who ever felt like an outsider will immediately recognize"--From publisher description.
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2010.
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González, Rigoberto.
González, Rigoberto
1900-1999
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
Hispanic American gay people--Biography.
Gay men--Biography.
Gay men--Biography.
Écrivains américains--20e siècle--Biographies.
Homosexuels américains d'origine latino-américaine--Biographies.
Homosexuels masculins--Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
Authors, American
Gay men
Hispanic American gays
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
PS3557.O4695 / Z46 2006eb PS3557.O4795! Z46 2006
813/.54
Butterfly boy : memories of a Chicano mariposa / Rigoberto González. - 1 online resource (xii, 207 pages) - Writing in Latinidad . - Writing in Latinidad. .
Smarting points, starting points -- Summer's passage, Southern California, 1990 -- Welcome to Indio, California, Pop. 36,793 -- Ghost whisper to my lover -- Now leaving Mexicali, Baja California, Norte -- Ghost whisper to my lover -- Childhood and other language lessons -- Bakersfield, California, 1970-72 -- Zacapu, México, 1972-79 -- Thermal, California, 1979-80 -- Thermal, 1981-82 (Our little home on top of the garage) -- Summer's passage -- Adolescent mariposa -- Ghost whisper to my lover -- Indio, 1983-88 ("El Campo" years) -- Zacapu days and nights of the dead -- Summer's passage -- Ghost whisper to my lover -- Zacapu, July 1990 (Imago) -- Unpinned -- Riverside, California -- Ghost whisper to my lover. pt. 1. pt. 2. pt. 3. pt. 4. pt. 5.
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"Heartbreaking, poetic, and intensely personal, this is a unique coming-out and coming-of-age story of a first-generation Chicano who trades one life for another, only to discover that history and memory are not exchangeable or forgettable. Growing up among poor migrant Mexican farmworkers, González also faces the pressure of coming-of-age as a gay man in a culture that prizes machismo. Losing his mother when he is twelve, González must then confront his father's abandonment and an abiding sense of cultural estrangement. His only sense of connection gets forged in a violent relationship with an older man. By finding his calling as a writer, and by revisiting the relationship with his father during a trip to Mexico, González finally claims his identity at the intersection of race, class, and sexuality. The result is a leap of faith that every reader who ever felt like an outsider will immediately recognize"--From publisher description.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9780299219031 0299219038
F550DFC3-D67E-4862-87B8-8B9D7B0D75B2 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
González, Rigoberto.
González, Rigoberto
1900-1999
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
Hispanic American gay people--Biography.
Gay men--Biography.
Gay men--Biography.
Écrivains américains--20e siècle--Biographies.
Homosexuels américains d'origine latino-américaine--Biographies.
Homosexuels masculins--Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
Authors, American
Gay men
Hispanic American gays
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
PS3557.O4695 / Z46 2006eb PS3557.O4795! Z46 2006
813/.54