Chicano Chicanery edition by Daniel Chacón Literature Fiction eBooks
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From Mexico City to “Aztlán, Oregon,” in bittersweet comic fables and through tales of frightening realism, Daniel Chacón captures the shrewd, furtive, and sometimes torturous ways by which Mexican-Americans manage to survive in intimidating territory–often only to trip themselves up.
Chacón’s Chicano Chicanery presents a baker’s dozen of short stories featuring switched identities (in both Mexico and the United States); an involuntary gang initiation; men’s betrayals of their friends and of themselves; and some slippery exploits at the law office and in the chicken-packing factory.
Are Chacón’s heroes and heroines sometimes ruthless and sometimes foolishly sentimental? Alternatively naïve and a bit too clever for their own good? Perhaps it’s because chicanery, whether it’s tricking others or sheer self-deception, is such an untrustworthy tool. Sometimes–even in the most practiced hands–it can suddenly turn into a fearsome weapon.
Chicano Chicanery edition by Daniel Chacón Literature Fiction eBooks
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Chicano Chicanery edition by Daniel Chacón Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
This book was an awesome collection of short stories. My favorite "Godoy Lives" is real gritty, true to the Chicano experience. And the character "Peacock" was also dear to this Fresno reader, especially when one considers Andres Montoya as a possible source of inspiration for the development of this character. This book works on many levels, but was easy and pleasant to read. It was something that I found myself reading before bed, in the calm of the evening. I would definitely recommend this book to others!
This is a great book. I ended up using it in a college class I taught, as a way for students to discuss the lines between culture and citizenship. The thirteen stories in here span important issues involving identity, and the Chicano and Chicanas place in the world.
These stories are hilarious and bittersweet. It is the best book I have ever used for a class because "Chicano Chicanery" is so creative, well-written and accessible that students can immediately understand it. But it is also chock full of deeper meaning insights which both reflect and transcend, insights which many of my students have told me authentically reflect their own feelings and their own lives.
A great read!
My brother asked for this book as his Christmas gift. He had already read it, but he likes to collect his favorite books.
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