Rodriguez, Richard, 1944-
Hunger of memory : the education of Richard Rodriguez / Richard Rodriguez. - sixth printings through August 1988. - 195 pages ; 17 cm.
Hunger of Memory is the story of Mexican-American Richard Rodriguez, who begins his schooling in Sacramento, California, knowing just 50 words of English, and concludes his university studies in the stately quiet of the reading room of the British Museum.
Here is the poignant journey of a “minority student” who pays the cost of his social assimilation and academic success with a painful alienation — from his past, his parents, his culture — and so describes the high price of “making it” in middle-class America.
Provocative in its positions on affirmative action and bilingual education, Hunger of Memory is a powerful political statement, a profound study of the importance of language ... and the moving, intimate portrait of a boy struggling to become a man. https://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Memory-Education-Richard-Rodriguez/dp/0553272934
0553272934
Mexican Americans--California--Biography
Affirmative action programs in education --United States
Mexican Americans --Education
Education, Bilingual --United States
Affirmative action programs --United States
F870.M5 / R62 2004
Hunger of memory : the education of Richard Rodriguez / Richard Rodriguez. - sixth printings through August 1988. - 195 pages ; 17 cm.
Hunger of Memory is the story of Mexican-American Richard Rodriguez, who begins his schooling in Sacramento, California, knowing just 50 words of English, and concludes his university studies in the stately quiet of the reading room of the British Museum.
Here is the poignant journey of a “minority student” who pays the cost of his social assimilation and academic success with a painful alienation — from his past, his parents, his culture — and so describes the high price of “making it” in middle-class America.
Provocative in its positions on affirmative action and bilingual education, Hunger of Memory is a powerful political statement, a profound study of the importance of language ... and the moving, intimate portrait of a boy struggling to become a man. https://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Memory-Education-Richard-Rodriguez/dp/0553272934
0553272934
Mexican Americans--California--Biography
Affirmative action programs in education --United States
Mexican Americans --Education
Education, Bilingual --United States
Affirmative action programs --United States
F870.M5 / R62 2004