Retablos PDF
By:Octavio Solis
Published on 2018-10-16 by
Seminal moments, rites of passage, crystalline vignettes--a memoir about growing up brown at the U.S./Mexico border. The tradition of retablo painting dates back to the Spanish Conquest in both Mexico and the U.S. Southwest. Humble ex-votos, retablos are usually painted on repurposed metal, and in one small tableau they tell the story of a crisis, and offer thanks for its successful resolution. In this uniquely framed memoir, playwright Octavio Solis channels his youth in El Paso, Texas. Like traditional retablos, the rituals of childhood and rites of passage are remembered as singular, dramatic events, self-contained episodes with life-changing reverberations. Living in a home just a mile from the Rio Grande, Octavio is a skinny brown kid on the border, growing up among those who live there, and those passing through on their way North. From the first terrible self-awareness of racism to inspired afternoons playing air trumpet with Herb Alpert, from an innocent game of hide-and-seek to the discovery of a Mexican girl hiding in the cotton fields, Solis reflects on the moments of trauma and transformation that shaped him into a man.
This Book was ranked at 25 by Google Books for keyword Ethnic National Hispanic Latino Biographies Memoirs.
Book ID of Retablos's Books is oqWXtAEACAAJ, Book which was written byOctavio Solishave ETAG "s+0qaiYztI8"
Book which was published by since 2018-10-16 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9780872867864 and ISBN 10 Code is 0872867862
Reading Mode in Text Status is false and Reading Mode in Image Status is false
Book which have "176 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategoryBiography and Autobiography
Book was written in en
eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is falseand in ePub is false
Book Preview
Download Retablos PDF Free
Download Retablos Book Free
Download Retablos Free
Download Retablos PDF
Download Retablos Book
How to Download Retablos Book
How to Download Retablos
How to Download Retablos pdf
How to Download Retablos free
Free Download Retablos
No comments:
Post a Comment