TY - GEN T1 - Butterfly boy : memories of a Chicano mariposa T2 - Writing in Latinidad. A1 - González, Rigoberto LA - English PP - Madison PB - University of Wisconsin Press YR - 2006 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn298789229 AB - "Heartbreaking, poetic, and intensely personal, this is a unique coming-out and coming-of-age story of a first-generation Chicano who trades one life for another, only to discover that history and memory are not exchangeable or forgettable. Growing up among poor migrant Mexican farmworkers, González also faces the pressure of coming-of-age as a gay man in a culture that prizes machismo. Losing his mother when he is twelve, González must then confront his father's abandonment and an abiding sense of cultural estrangement. His only sense of connection gets forged in a violent relationship with an older man. By finding his calling as a writer, and by revisiting the relationship with his father during a trip to Mexico, González finally claims his identity at the intersection of race, class, and sexuality. The result is a leap of faith that every reader who ever felt like an outsider will immediately recognize"--From publisher description. OP - 207 CN - PS3557.O4695 Z46 2006eb SN - 9780299219031 SN - 0299219038 SN - 0299219003 SN - 9780299219000 SN - 0739477501 SN - 9780739477502 SN - 9780299219048 SN - 0299219046 KW - González, Rigoberto. KW - González, Rigoberto KW - Authors, American : 20th century : Biography. KW - Hispanic American gay people : Biography. KW - Gay men : Biography. KW - Écrivains américains : 20e siècle : Biographies. KW - Personnes homosexuelles américaines d'origine latino-américaine : Biographies. KW - Homosexuels masculins : Biographies. KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Literary. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : American : General. KW - Authors, American KW - Gay men KW - Hispanic American gays KW - 1900-1999 KW - autobiographies (literary works) KW - Autobiographies KW - Biographies KW - Autobiographies. KW - Biographies. ER -