A place in El Paso : a Mexican-American childhood
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F394.E4 L67 1996
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212 pages ; 24 cm
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This memoir of growing up in El Paso in the 1940s and 1950s creates an entire city: the way a barrio awakens in the early morning sun, the thrill of a rare desert snow, the taste of fruit-flavored raspadas on summer afternoons, the "money boys" who would beg as commuters passed back and forth to Juarez, and the mischief of children entertaining themselves in the streets. Lopez-Stafford shows the reader El Paso through the eyes of Yoya - short for Gloria - the high-spirited narrator, who is five years old when the book begins. Gloria is a survivor. Her young mother has died leaving her in the care of her much older father, who tries to provide for his family by selling used clothing. Her brother Carlos, Padre Luna, and a community of children and women assume responsibility for Gloria, but like the inexplicable loss of her mother, unexpected changes separate her from her beloved barrio neighborhood. The search for su lugar, her place, becomes a search for identity as Gloria seeks to understand her various homes and families.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

López-Stafford, G. (1996). A place in El Paso: a Mexican-American childhood . University of New Mexico Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

López-Stafford, Gloria, 1937-. 1996. A Place in El Paso: A Mexican-American Childhood. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

López-Stafford, Gloria, 1937-. A Place in El Paso: A Mexican-American Childhood Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1996.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

López-Stafford, G. (1996). A place in el paso: a mexican-american childhood. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

López-Stafford, Gloria. A Place in El Paso: A Mexican-American Childhood University of New Mexico Press, 1996.

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