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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821307203321

Autore

García Ignacio M.

Titolo

Chicano while Mormon : activism, war, and keeping the faith / / Ignacio M. García

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press

ISBN

1-61147-820-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.) : ill

Disciplina

289.3092

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Soggetti

Hispanic American Latter Day Saints

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Coming to America -- Growing up brown in Texas -- El grito : becoming Mexican -- Mormonismo : a home for my spiritual yearnings -- Sidney Lanier High School : la garra -- La vida (not too) loca of high school -- El army -- Going to el norte : entering the homefront -- Going to Viet Nam : the brown warrior -- Romance, buddies, and disillusionment -- Providing mercy and finding death again -- Flying back to the barrio -- Another part of Texas : another part of the spirit -- Steps back into a Chicano world -- The college life : beyond the activist trenches -- United we win : politics in the time of Chicanos -- El final : politics of self-destruction -- Final thoughts on this phase of my life.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a memoir of the early years of a well-known Chicano scholar whose work and activism were motivated by his Mormon faith. In this book, readers will learn about how Ignacio Garcia and other Latino Mormons navigate their religion and gain insight into what motivates people of faith in their social action.