Overview

Renato Rosaldo's new prose poetry collection shares his experiences and those of his group of twelve Mexican American Tucson High School friends known as the Chasers as they grew up, graduated, and fell out of touch. Derived from interviews with the Chasers and three other friends conducted after their fiftieth high school reunion, Rosaldo's poems present a chorus of distinct voices and perspectives that convey the realities of Chicano life on the borderlands from the 1950s to the present.

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Author:   Renato Rosaldo
Publisher:   Duke University Press
Imprint:   Duke University Press
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9781478004189

ISBN 10:   1478004185
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   24 May 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Prelude  xi Cast of Characters  xiii Part I. Walnuts  3 Never Chicano Enough  5 Suddenly Blank  7 Nice Meals  8 Down the Little Arroyo  9 Never Dreamed  11 A Dark Side  13 Talking with Mom  16 Fastest Naked Sprinter  19 In the Cactus Chronicle  21 The Chaser Mystique  23 Part II. Playing Bull  27 Sports People  29 All about Fun  32 A Quiet Guy  34 In Formation  35 Champagne in a Martini Class  38 White, Black, or Blue  41 My Inner Mexican Comes In  42 No More Oranges  45 No Emblem  46 Ode to Ralph 48 I'd Like the Job  50 Part III. Not from Tucson  55 Ornamental Oranges  57 I Never Liked You  60 A Place to Stand  62 Fiftieth Reunion  64 I Was Shaking  69 Three Months Older  71 Guys on One Side  74 In the School Yard  76 Erased  77 You Won't Do Well  78 Part IV. Observing  83 Never a Fighter  85 Papa y yo hablamos  86 Dad and I Talk  87 You Were or Were Not  89 Raw Eggs  90 My Brother Raul  92 I Remember  93 An Old Story  97 I Am a Chaser  99 My Dad Died When I Was Six  101 Packager  103 Sure Hope We Can Enjoy a Few More Years  107 Acknowledgments  109

Reviews

The Chasers is at once a snapshot of Chicano culture in the '50s, and contemporary in its humanity. -- Meredith O'Neil * Tucson Weekly *

Rosaldo's antropoesia is an emerging hybrid genre, a method of knowledge production that cannot be codified. It insists on highlighting nuances rather than erecting schemas. It is precise in its ability to articulate the uncategorizable. -- Tara Westmor * Los Angeles Review of Books * The Chasers is a must read. -- Margaret Randall * World Literature Today * The Chasers is at once a snapshot of Chicano culture in the '50s, and contemporary in its humanity. -- Meredith O'Neil * Tucson Weekly *

Author Information

Renato Rosaldo is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at New York University and the author of several books, including The Day of Shelly's Death, also published by Duke University Press.

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