Autobiography of my hungers / / Rigoberto González

• Autore: González Rigoberto
• Pubblicazione: Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 113 p
• Disciplina: 813/.54
• Soggetto topico: Authors, American - 20th century; Hispanic American gay men; Mexican American gay men; Gay men
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- contents -- acknowledgments -- allegory -- I/ leaving the motherland, mother leaving me -- duty -- piedrita -- potato -- zacapu -- piedrita -- juguete -- trash -- lift -- witch -- piedrita -- fire -- x-mas -- crayon -- note i -- crooked -- piedrita -- biology -- wicked -- dream -- piedrita -- glove -- migra -- II/ unsettled independence -- invisible -- piedrita -- tongue -- insomnia -- note ii -- night shift -- xóchitl -- piedrita -- voice -- reprimand -- martini -- III/ in search of paradise -- station -- piedrita -- kill -- outcast -- eye -- kite -- clown -- piedrita -- tether -- papi -- godiva -- piedrita -- IV/ body cravings -- love -- empty -- piedrita -- sketch -- rain -- chi -- piedrita -- ghosts -- pseudonym -- piedrita -- questions -- note iii -- piedrita -- haughty -- extraction -- bleed -- voracious -- piedrita -- forest.
• Sommario/riassunto: Rigoberto Gonzalez, author of the critically acclaimed memoir "Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa," takes a second piercing look at his past through a startling new lens: hunger. The need for sustenance originating in childhood poverty, the adolescent emotional need for solace and comfort, the adult desire for a larger world, another lover, a different body all are explored by Gonzalez in a series of heartbreaking and poetic vignettes. Each vignette is a defining moment of self-awareness, every moment an important step in a lifelong journey toward clarity, knowledge, and the nourishment that comes in various forms even "the smallest biggest joys" help piece together a complex portrait of a gay man of color who at last defines himself by what he learns, not by what he yearns for."
• Titolo autorizzato: Autobiography of my hungers
• ISBN: 1-299-31175-X; 0-299-29253-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910658790003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Living out.