{"product_id":"las-hijas-de-juan-9780822338802","title":"Las hijas de Juan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMexican American author Josie Méndez-Negrete's memoir of how she and her siblings and mother survived years of violence and sexual abuse at the hands of her father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLas hijas de Juan\u003c\/i\u003e breaks new ground in the literature of Chicano\/a autobiography by taking on the shameful issue of paternal incest at the same time that it demonstrates the process of healing through speaking, writing, and remembering. This book is the genuine song of the survivor, and the narrator’s personal story is also a political reality of the Chicano\/a and Latino\/a community, an ugly beast fed on silence that must be both contained and confronted. More than anything, \u003ci\u003eLas hijas de Juan\u003c\/i\u003e shows us the imperative need to speak the secrets that, unfortunately, bind and damage so many mujeres in our communities.”—\u003cb\u003eAlicia Gaspar de Alba\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLatino Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLas hijas de Juan\u003c\/i\u003e is a searching and searingly honest portrayal of struggle, survival, and \u003ci\u003ecorage\u003c\/i\u003e! This is a woman’s story that has lessons for the entire community.”—\u003cb\u003eLouis Gerard Mendoza\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHistoria: The Literary Making of Chicana and Chicano History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“To tell this story took an inordinate amount of courage; to have survived it makes me marvel at the power of the human spirit. As a reader, one feels deeply grateful for the privilege of being granted into its confidence. Josie Méndez-Negrete writes that the healing is not in the telling, but perhaps it resides in us, the listeners. May this story, then, travel far.”—\u003cb\u003eSandra Cisneros\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLas Hijas de Juan\u003c\/i\u003e is a tale of female triumph, justice and hope. . . . To its great merit this true story, written in the tone of a novel, exposes unflinchingly some of the tragic realities faced by many children worldwide who end up living as illegal immigrants and unaccounted for. It breaks the silence about incest within a poor Mexican-American family with such brutal candor that it has been hailed as a feminist survival story. By depicting the deep prejudices that persist in so many Mexican males, it candidly lays bare the cruelty and discrimination faced by their women, especially those who remain in limbo on both sides of the border picking up the pieces for their errant men.” -- Georgina Jiménez * Latin American Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the series xi\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xiii\u003cbr\u003e Author's Note xv\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: \u003ci\u003eSin padre\u003c\/i\u003e 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMéxico lindo y querido\u003c\/i\u003e: Dearest and beloved Mexico 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA donde iran los muertos? Quién sabe a donde iran\u003c\/i\u003e: Where will the dead go? Who knows where they will go 41\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBuscando abrigo y no lo encontraran\u003c\/i\u003e: Searching for shelter they will never find 81\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eQue lejos estoy del suelo donde he nacido\u003c\/i\u003e: So far from the land that gave me birth 139\u003cbr\u003e She kept her head in a jar by the door: \u003ci\u003eMantuvo su cabeza el el jarrón junto a la puerta\u003c\/i\u003e 159\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Purging the Skeletons, Bone by Bone 185\u003cbr\u003e Songs Quoted in Text 191\u003cbr\u003e Glossary 201","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406043586903,"sku":"9780822338802","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822338802.jpg?v=1730494348","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/las-hijas-de-juan-9780822338802","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}