Hamilton Books
Pages: 104
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Trim: 6 x 8¾
978-0-7618-3514-1 • Paperback • October 2006 • $41.99 • (£35.00)
Julián Segura Camacho is a Lecturer in Chicano Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He holds M.A.'s in Latin American Studies and Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles and is the author of the Chicano Treatise from the University Press of America.
Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 1. Adobe
Chapter 3 2. La Siesta
Chapter 4 3. My Father's Construction Boots
Chapter 5 4. Basketball
Chapter 6 5. The Coca Cola Patch
Chapter 7 6. The Bedroom
Chapter 8 7. Roommates
Chapter 9 8. Louie's White Monte Carlo
Chapter 10 9. My Mother Will Never Own a Home
Chapter 11 10. Why My Brother Will Never Own a Home
Chapter 12 11. Birkenstocks Are Fancy Huaraches
Chapter 13 12. Mother's Day, May 10th
Chapter 14 13. Pericos
Chapter 15 14. Bullfights
Chapter 16 15. Peleas de Gallos (Cockfighting)
Chapter 17 16. Reuben de Jesús
Chapter 18 17. A Day Crossing the Border
Chapter 19 18. Acting Names
Chapter 20 19. Tengo Coco
Chapter 21 20. Miami, Arizona
Chapter 22 21. Brandon y Bebo
Part 23 Acknowledgements
As a native Angelino, Julian Camacho is not afraid to shine light on the current political and social issues affecting Mexicans north of the U.S.-Mexico border. Based on his life experience, Camacho dares to analyze and criticize the negative factors that continue to hinder Mexicans in the United States. Camacho's work reveals how discrimination and repression continue to affect Mexicans in Los Angeles. Camacho's dark picture of what the future holds will provoke readers to question their own identity and agency in America.
— Marcos A. Ramos, Undergraduate Advisor for the College of Letters and Science, University of California, Berkeley
A toda madre.
— Abel Amaya, professor, Chicano Studies, California State University, Fullerton
The strength of [Camacho's] work is that it is raw, courageous, and personal.
— Jose Mungaray, Professor of Chicano Studies, Mission College