Pocho

Author: José Antonio Villarreal
ISBN: 0385061188

Villarreal illuminates here the world of "pochos," Americans whose parents come to the United States from Mexico. Set in Depression-era California, the novel focuses on Richard, a young pocho who experiences the intense conflict between loyalty to the traditions of his family's past and attraction to new ideas. Richard's struggle to achieve adulthood as a young man influenced by two worlds reveals both the uniqueness of the Mexican-American experiences and its common ties with the struggles of all Americans -- whatever their past.

Publisher: Anchor Books
Publish Date: 1970

Subjects: Bildungsromane, California - Fiction, California, Children of immigrants - Fiction, Children of immigrants/ Fiction, Children of immigrants, Mexican Americans - Fiction, Mexican Americans/ Fiction, Mexican Americans, Young men - Fiction, Young men/ Fiction, Young men, Fiction / General, Fiction / Cultural Heritage, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies

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