Brooks Memorial Library continues its Vermont Humanities Council reading/discussion series, Mexican Americans: Experience and Identity on Wednesday 16 March 2016, at 7 pm – 8:30 pm with The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle. This 4-Part series ‘Mexican Americans: Experience and Identity,’ deals with the experiences of Mexicans living in the United States, from the struggles of migrant farmworkers and day laborers in California to coming of age stories of Chicanos as U.S. citizens.
The third book in this series is The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle, which is story of illegal aliens in California, told through the eyes of two very different couples, one well-off Anglos, the other illegal Mexicans living in a canyon. The novel chronicles their relationship against the background of growing hostility between immigrants and natives.
Facilitated by Patricia Pedroza Gonzalez Ph.D. who teaches at Keene State College at Keene, NH., Dr. Gonzalez’s international expertise has shaped her research experience and her current teaching involves Chicana/U.S. Latina, and Latin-American Studies, American Studies, Feminisms by Women of Color, and Transnational Education. Her research focus is on politics of knowledge construction and social identities. She is the current Chair of Women’s and Gender Studies Department at Keene State College.
The full series schedule:
January 20: Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
February 17: Under the Feet of Jesus by Helena Maria Viramontes
March 16: The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
April 20: Days of Obligation by Richard Rodriguez
Books available for checkout at the circulation desk. Location 2nd Floor Meeting Room. Contact Circulation Desk 802-254-5290, ext 0. The discussion is free and open to all.
The series is sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council and supported financially by the Friends of Brooks Memorial Library.
