Name: Butterfly Boy By Rigoberto Gonzalez
SKU: 9780299219048
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Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa by Rigoberto Gonzalez

Heartbreaking, poetic, and intensely personal, Butterfly Boy 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, Rigoberto Gonzalez also faces the pressure of coming-of-age as a gay man in a culture that prizes machismo.

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Gonzalez's elegant, wrenching, and poetic memoir recounts his childhood among poor Mexican farmworkers, losing his mother at twelve, whippings for youthful cross-dressing, being abandoned by his father, and coming out and finding peace with his identity amid a culture where machismo is prized. -Out

Wrenching, angry, passionate, ironic, and always eloquent about conflicts of family, class, and sexuality. The son and grandson of farmworkers, constantly moving between Mexico and the U.S., then and now, Gonzalez weaves together three narrative threads: his angry present journey across the border with his estranged father; childhood memories of growing up a fat, bookish 'sissy-boy'; and his urgent longing for his sexy, abusive older lover. . . . An unforgettable story of leaving home today. -Booklist (Starred review)

This moving memoir of a young Chicano boy's maturing into a self-accepting gay adult is a beautifully executed portrait of the experience of being gay, Chicano and poor in the United States. . . . Gonzalez writes in a poetic yet straightforward style that heightens the power of his story.-Publishers Weekly

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Sku

CIN0299219046G

ISBN 13

9780299219048

ISBN 10

0299219046

Title

Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa by Rigoberto Gonzalez

Author

Rigoberto Gonzalez

Series

Writing in Latinidad: Autobiographical Voices of U. Latinos/as

Condition

Used - Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

University of Wisconsin Press

Year published

20110901

Number of pages

224

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N/A

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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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Butterfly Boy by Rigoberto Gonzalez

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