TY  - BOOK
AU  - González,Rigoberto
TI  - Butterfly boy: memories of a Chicano mariposa 
T2  - Writing in Latinidad
SN  - 9780299219031
AV  - PS3557.O4695 Z46 2006eb
U1  - 813/.54 22
PY  - 2006///]
CY  - Madison
PB  - University of Wisconsin Press
KW  - González, Rigoberto.
KW  - González, Rigoberto
KW  - Authors, American
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Hispanic American gay people
KW  - Gay men
KW  - Écrivains américains
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Homosexuels américains d'origine latino-américaine
KW  - Homosexuels masculins
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Literary
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - American
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Hispanic American gays
KW  - autobiographies (literary works)
KW  - aat
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - pt. 1; 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 --; pt. 2; 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 --; pt. 3; Adolescent mariposa --; Ghost whisper to my lover --; Indio, 1983-88 ("El Campo" years) --; pt. 4; Zacapu days and nights of the dead --; Summer's passage --; Ghost whisper to my lover --; Zacapu, July 1990 (Imago) --; pt. 5; Unpinned --; Riverside, California --; Ghost whisper to my lover; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - "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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