This Memoir's Beauty Is In Its Fierce Intimacy. --roy Hoffman, The New York Times Book Review One Of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books Of 2019 From The Celebrated Editor Of This Bridge Called My Back, Cherríe Moraga Charts Her Own Coming-of-age Alongside Her Mother’s Decline, And Also Tells The Larger Story Of The Mexican American Diaspora. Native Country Of The Heart: A Memoir Is, At Its Core, A Mother-daughter Story. The Mother, Elvira, Was Hired Out As A Child, Along With Her Siblings, By Their Own Father To Pick Cotton In California’s Imperial Valley. The Daughter, Cherríe Moraga, Is A Brilliant, Pioneering, Queer Latina Feminist. The Story Of These Two Women, And Of Their People, Is Woven Together In An Intimate Memoir Of Critical Reflection And Deep Personal Revelation. As A Young Woman, Elvira Left California To Work As A Cigarette Girl In Glamorous Late-1920s Tijuana, Where An Ambiguous Relationship With A Wealthy White Man Taught Her Life Lessons About Power, Sex, And Opportunity. As Moraga Charts Her Mother’s Journey—from Impressionable Young Girl To Battle-tested Matriarch To, Later On, An Old Woman Suffering Under The Yoke Of Alzheimer’s—she Traces Her Own Self-discovery Of Her Gender-queer Body And Lesbian Identity, As Well As Her Passion For Activism And The History Of Her Pueblo. As Her Mother’s Memory Fails, Moraga Is Driven To Unearth Forgotten Remnants Of A U.s. Mexican Diaspora, Its Indigenous Origins, And An American Story Of Cultural Loss. Poetically Wrought And Filled With Insight Into Intergenerational Trauma, Native Country Of The Heart Is A Reckoning With White American History And A Piercing Love Letter From A Fearless Daughter To The Mother She Will Never Lose.

Cherríe Moraga

St. Martin's Press

Wednesday Books

Tor Nightfire

United States, United States of America

First edition, New York, 2019

Apr 07, 2020

Source title: Native Country of the Heart: A Memoir
This book contains pen marking.

Source title: Native Country of the Heart: A Memoir

La carta de amor de la escritora y activista Cherríe Moraga a su madre 'iletrada' es también una comprensión íntima de la diáspora estadounidense-mexicana por parte de la célebre coeditora de la innovadora antología "This bridge called my back". Las memorias de Moraga comienzan con su madre, Elvira Isabel Moraga, que de niña, junto con sus hermanos, fue contratada por su propio padre para recoger algodón en el Valle Imperial de California. Las vidas de Cherríe y de su madre, y de su pueblo, se entrelazan en una historia de reflexión crítica y profunda revelación personal a medida que Moraga traza su propia toma de conciencia junto con la desgarradora historia del declive de su madre. De joven, Elvira dejó California para trabajar como cigarrera en la glamurosa Tijuana de finales de los años 20, donde una ambigua relación con un hombre blanco y rico le enseñó lecciones de vida sobre el poder, el sexo y las oportunidades. A medida que Moraga traza la trayectoria de su madre -de joven impresionable a matriarca luchadora y, más tarde, a anciana que sufre el yugo del Alzheimer-, traza su propio autodescubrimiento de su cuerpo queer y su identidad lesbiana, así como su pasión por el activismo y la historia de su pueblo. A medida que la memoria de su madre falla, Moraga desentierra fragmentos de lo que significa ser mexicano en Estados Unidos, de los orígenes indígenas de su diáspora y de una historia americana de pérdida cultural

"Writer and activist Cherríe Moraga's love letter to her 'unlettered' mother is also an intimate understanding of the U.S.-Mexican diaspora by the celebrated coeditor of the groundbreaking anthology This bridge called my back. Moraga's memoir begins with her mother, Elvira Isabel Moraga, who as a child, along with her siblings, was hired out by her own father to pick cotton in California's Imperial Valley. The lives of Cherríe and her mother, and of their people, are woven together in a story of critical reflection and deep personal revelation as Moraga charts her own coming to consciousness alongside the heartbreaking story of her mother's decline. As a young woman, Elvira left California to work as a cigarette girl in glamorous late-1920s Tijuana, where an ambiguous relationship with a wealthy white man taught her life lessons about power, sex, and opportunity. As Moraga charts her mother's journey--from impressionable young girl to battle-tested matriarch to, later on, old woman suffering under the yoke of Alzheimer's--she traces her own self-discovery of her queer body and lesbian identity, as well as her passion for activism and the history of her pueblo. As her mother's memory fails, Moraga unearths shards of what it means to be Mexican in the United States, of her diaspora's Indigenous origins, and of an American story of cultural loss. "--Dust jacket

2024-08-23