Where the ox does not plow : a Mexican American ballad /

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Author / Creator:Peña, Manuel H., 1942- author.
Imprint:Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2020]
©2008
Description:1 online resource : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13542517
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ISBN:0826344232
9780826344236
Notes:Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed November 17, 2020).
Summary:"Where the Ox Does Not Plow, an autobiographical ethnography, consists of twenty-six life episodes that chronicle Manuel Peña's transformative journey from an impoverished migrant worker to a career in academia. Inspired by his experiences and those of the people around him in Texas and California, Peña reflects on a wide range of issues arising from the historically marginalized condition of Mexicans and other Latinos in the United States. The narrative will engage readers with a broad range of human experiences, from race relations and economic exploitation to the intimacy of familial and romantic love."--
Other form:Print version: Peña, Manuel Where the Ox Does Not Plow : A Mexican American Ballad Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press,c2020
Table of Contents:
  • The light of consciousness
  • How will we get back home?
  • The taco and the sandwich
  • The chicken and the egg
  • Day of the storm
  • Férica Hill
  • Heavenly Saturday
  • Big bug that pees
  • The curse of the Jassos
  • Breaking wind, broken silence
  • Over my dead body
  • Where the ox does not plow
  • The matadors
  • Hitting the big time
  • The night I loaned Kenny five dollars
  • California dreamin'
  • We are not beasts
  • The Garden of Eden
  • Ballad of a Chicano
  • Night of the hurricane
  • Juicy-fruit heartache
  • What do you want
  • a kiss?
  • Las bodas de Pancho Peña
  • Fear of "big balls"
  • The death of Agustina Jasso
  • Love in the time of hurricanes.