Fatherhood in the Borderlands: A Daughter's Slow Approach
Domino Renee Perez, "Fatherhood in the Borderlands: A Daughter's Slow Approach"
English | ISBN: 0292745532 | 2022 | 368 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 0292745532 | 2022 | 368 pages | PDF | 3 MB
2023 Finalist Best Academic Themed Book, College Level – English, International Latino Book Awards
A contemplative exploration of cultural representations of Mexican American fathers in contemporary media.
As a young girl growing up in Houston, Texas, in the 1980s, Domino Perez spent her free time either devouring books or watching films—and thinking, always thinking, about the media she consumed. The meaningful connections between these media and how we learn form the basis of Perez’s “slow” research approach to race, class, and gender in the borderlands. Part cultural history, part literary criticism, part memoir, Fatherhood in the Borderlands takes an incisive look at the value of creative inquiry while it examines the nuanced portrayal of Mexican American fathers in literature and film.
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