Where the Ox Does Not Plow
by Pena, ManuelFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-05-30
Publisher(s): Univ of New Mexico Pr
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Summary
Where the Ox Does Not Plow, an autobiographical ethnography, consists of twenty-six life episodes that chronicle Manuel Peña's transformative journey from an impoverished migrant worker to a career in academia. Inspired by his experiences and those of the people around him in Texas and California, Peña reflects on a wide range of issues arising from the historically marginalized condition of Mexicans and other Latinos in the United States. The narrative will engage readers with a broad range of human experiences, from race relations and economic exploitation to the intimacy of familial and romantic love.
Table of Contents
| The Light of Consciousness | |
| The Light of Consciousness | p. 3 |
| How Will We Get Back Home? | p. 6 |
| The Taco and the Sandwich | p. 11 |
| The Chicken and the Egg | p. 15 |
| Day of the Storm | p. 21 |
| Ferica Hill | p. 32 |
| Heavenly Saturday | p. 39 |
| Big Bug That Pees | p. 48 |
| The Curse of the Jassos | p. 50 |
| Breaking Wind, Broken Silence | p. 55 |
| Over My Dead Body | p. 58 |
| Where the Ox Does Not Plow | |
| Where the Ox Does Not Plow | p. 71 |
| The Matadors | p. 80 |
| Hitting the Big Time | p. 91 |
| The Night I Loaned Kenny Five Dollars | p. 97 |
| California Dreamin' | p. 99 |
| We Are Not Beasts | p. 113 |
| The Garden of Eden | p. 116 |
| Ballad of a Chicano | p. 128 |
| Love in the Time of Hurricanes | |
| Night of the Hurricane | p. 151 |
| Juicy-Fruit Heartache | p. 154 |
| What do You Want - A Kiss? | p. 166 |
| Las Bodas de Pancho Pena | p. 169 |
| Fear of "Big Balls" | p. 192 |
| The Death of Agustina Jasso | p. 194 |
| Love in the Time of Hurricanes | p. 214 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 235 |
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