Volver
Subtitle: a persistence of memory
By: Antonio C. Márquez
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780826358110
Subjects: United States. Marine Corps; University of New Mexico; United States; Mexican Americans; College teachers; Chicano movement; Faculty; History; Political activists; Biography; Social movements
Description: "Born on the eve of World War II into a family of Mexican immigrants in El Paso, Antonio C. Márquez remains a child of the border, his life partaking of multiple cultures, countries, and classes. Here he recounts his life story, from childhood memories of movies and baseball and friendship with his Chinese Mexican American neighbor, Manuel Wong, to the turbulent events of his manhood. Márquez recalls the impact of immigration and war on his family; his experiences of gang conflict in El Paso and Los Angeles in the 1960s; enlisting in the Marine Corps; his activism in the civil rights movement, the antiwar movement of the Vietnam era, and the Crusade for Justice; and his travels to crisis-ridden Latin American countries. From a family where no one had the luxury of higher education, Márquez became a professor when universities hired few Chicanos. His is a story of survival and courage"--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: The Loss of Innocence; title: Rites of Passage; title: The Gung-Ho Years; title: The Sound and Fury of the 60's; title: Return of the Prodigal Son; title: The Halls of Academe; title: The Open Doors; title: A Darkness Descends.