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This is an arresting and moving personal story about childhood, race, and identity in the American South, rendered in stunning illustrations by the author, Lila Quintero Weaver. It chronicles what it was like being a Latina girl in the Jim Crow South, struggling to understand both a foreign country and the horrors of our nation's race relations.

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Contents Author's Note Prologue: Home Movies Chapter 1: In the Dark Chapter 2: Passage Chapter 3: Blending In Chatper 4: Ginny\u2019s Books Chapter 5: Ancestral Lines Chapter 6: An American Education Chapter 7: Dear Argentina Chapter 8: Good News, Bad News Chapter 9: Know Alabama Chapter 10: School Lessons Epilogue: Long Night\u2019s Journey into Day Acknowledgements

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      Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/03/2012
      ISBN13: 9780817357146, 978-0817357146
      ISBN10: 0817357149
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      Feminism and feminist theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is an arresting and moving personal story about childhood, race, and identity in the American South, rendered in stunning illustrations by the author, Lila Quintero Weaver. It chronicles what it was like being a Latina girl in the Jim Crow South, struggling to understand both a foreign country and the horrors of our nation's race relations.

      Table of Contents
      Contents Author's Note Prologue: Home Movies Chapter 1: In the Dark Chapter 2: Passage Chapter 3: Blending In Chatper 4: Ginny\u2019s Books Chapter 5: Ancestral Lines Chapter 6: An American Education Chapter 7: Dear Argentina Chapter 8: Good News, Bad News Chapter 9: Know Alabama Chapter 10: School Lessons Epilogue: Long Night\u2019s Journey into Day Acknowledgements

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