Title: Color : Latino voices in the Pacific Northwest /
Authors: West, Lorane A., 1960-
Publisher: WSU Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Hispanic Americans Northwest, Pacific Interviews.; Hispanic Americans Northwest, Pacific Social conditions.; Northwest, Pacific Social conditions.; Northwest, Pacific Ethnic relations.; Northwest, Pacific Biography.
Abstract: "Recent immigrants to the United States usually cannot read or speak English. Few are educated; some struggle to sign their own name. Yet they are able to do things many Americans have forgotten: to find joy in what others might find mundane; to work hard for very little while hoping for a better future; to love, accept, and support their families no matter what; and to place a higher value on relationships than possessions." "Based on exchanges she witnessed through her work as an interpreter and advocate for Spanish-speaking immigrants, author Lorane A. West paints a picture of their lives, and through her portraits gives Americans a glimpse of themselves that may both surprise and challenge."--Jacket.
Contents: Adoption--Infertile woman offers to let her husband impregnate someone else -- Alone--War survivor has to get used to being alone when husband deported -- Alzheimer's--Man won't abandon wife into assisted living center; he keeps her at home -- Anesthesia--Man was awakened from his anesthesia overdose by sound of beloved voice -- Animal--Man with severe injury remembers his wilder days; now he is jealous of his wife -- Argentina--Children and parents choose between their two cultures and family is split -- Arthritis--Elderly Peruvian lady with arthritis is told she "walks like a Mexican bandit" -- Artificial Life--Man admires his aged mother's recovery on hospital burn unit -- Auto Tech--Mexican man feels ripped off; returns to Guadalajara for auto tech training -- Back--Injured man has trouble understanding Labor and Industries program -- Beatings--Battered Mexican woman gets cancer; still hopes for change --^