THE BRACERO EXPERIENCE: Elitelore versus Folklore
Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1979. Hardcover. "This study of the Mexican immigrant worker contrasts the stereotyped characterization of the downtrodden Mexican bracero with his own perceptions of his experiences in the United States. Interviews by the author with sixteen braceros from Michoacan, Mexico, and a collection of folksongs about the life of the bracero are compared with portrayals found in contemporary Mexican works of fiction, showing that the bracero viewed himself and his experience in a positive, optimistic fashion." Introduction by James W. Wilkie. Octavo: 142 p. with a frontispiece. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with light sun fading along the spine and some minor rubbing. Fine / Near fine. Item #75153
ISBN: 0879030437
Price: $100.00