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| AUTHOR: | Ernesto Galarza |
| CATEGORY: | Book |
| MANUFACTURER: | University of Notre Dame Press |
| ISBN: | 0268004412 |
| TYPE: | 1905-, Biography, Biography & Autobiography, Biography / Autobiography, Biography/Autobiography, Ethnic Cultures - General, Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies, Galarza, Ernesto,, Hispanic American Literature, Literary, Mexican Americans, Social life and customs |
| MEDIA: | Paperback |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
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Customer Reviews of Barrio Boy
Well done and written for those with a sense of history! Dr. Galarza was outstanding in this autobiography. It is easy to follow if you are enjoying it. A sense of history and knowledge of Mexican-American culture will ease the read. However, anyone with an open mind can follow it and enjoy it with little problem.
Good example of ethnic minority autobiography
I have used Galarza's book successfully in many classes I have taught. While there is a lot of apparently "needless" detail if you are looking for some kind of exciting "story" or plot, if you actually read the (very short author's) introduction to the book, you'll realize that Galarza's "point" in writing was to establish what it was like to move from a small pueblo in Mexico to a large US city. As such, there are a lot of details which are not necessarily related to "action" per se, but more a sense of trying to understand new environments, new cultural traditions, new ways of living. And how life in the US affected Mexican migrant families in the early 20th century. If you are looking for an account of Mexican immigration & acculturation that is both personal and subtly historic/sociological, then this is a good book for that.
Touching Mexico
I came on this book by chance and read it in two sittings. As a North American who has lived in Mexico for four years, I found myself connecting with something on every page about Ernesto Galarza's life in Western Mexico until he was six and then following him until he was a teenager in Sacramento. After reading how the Mexican Revolution affected his family's decisions, I want to read more about Mexican history of the period. The book is notable for Galarza's ear and eye as he paints the details of village life, the series of moves in Mexico, and the many decisions the Galarza family made as they moved step by step away from physical danger. The last parts of the book about life in a Sacramento barrio interested me less but still kept me reading.
When I closed the book I went on the internet to learn more about Galarza. I found out he became a leading organizer and scholar constantly involved in Hispanic life but his book would be memorable even if he had led a more commonplace adult life.
On a lighter note, his account of appearing as a first-grader in a Cinco de Mayo performance was so vivid I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Readers who were bored by this book may have been assigned to read it in school. I think Barrio Boy would be an excellent read before going to Mexico--it's a pageturner that can deepen the Mexican experience for the imaginative traveler.