The Medicine of Memory A Mexica Clan in California

"People who live in California deny the past," asserts Alejandro Murguìa. In a state where "what matters is keeping up with the current trends, fads, or latest computer gizmo," no one has "the time, energy, or desire to reflect on what happened last week, much less what happ...

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Main Author: Murguia, Alejandro
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin University of Texas Press 2010
Subjects:
HISTORY / General
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General
Mexican Americans
ISBN:0292752679, 9780292752672
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Table of Contents:
  • Josefa of Downieville: The Obscure Life and Notable Death of a Chicana in Gold Rush California --
  • Petroglyph of memory --
  • The homecoming of an Azteca-mexica clan --
  • Contents --
  • Gathering thunder --
  • Tropi(lo)calidad Macondo in La Mission --
  • Triptych: Memories of the San Fernando Valley --
  • Selected bibliography --
  • Preface: Maize for the Metate --
  • Acknowledgments
  • The “good old mission days” never existed --
  • Frontmatter --
  • The Marin headlands: A Meditation on Place --
  • Notes --
  • Phantoms in the mirror --