The medicine of memory : a Mexica clan in California
People who live in California deny the past, asserts Alejandro Murguía. 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 happened ten years ago, or a hundr...
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University of Texas Press
2002
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| ISBN: | 0292752679, 9780292752672, 0292752652, 9780292752658 |
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Table of Contents:
- Contents Preface: Maize for the Metate with picture plates afterward Phantoms in the Mirror The “Good Old Mission Days” Never Existed Josefa of Downieville: The Obscure Life and Notable Death of a Chicana in Gold Rush California Triptych: Memories of the San Fernando Valley Gathering Thunder Tropi(lo)calidad: Macondo in La Mission Petroglyph of Memory The Marin Headlands: A Meditation on Place The Homecoming of an Azteca-Mexica Clan Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Cover Frontmatter
- Intro -- Contents -- Preface: Maize for the Metate -- Phantoms in the Mirror -- The "Good Old Mission Days" Never Existed -- Josefa of Downieville: The Obscure Life and Notable Death of a Chicana in Gold Rush California -- Triptych: Memories of the San Fernando Valley -- Gathering Thunder -- Tropi(lo)calidad: Macondo in La Mission -- Petroglyph of Memory -- The Marin Headlands: A Meditation on Place -- The Homecoming of an Azteca-Mexica Clan -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments