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A cup of water under my bed a memoir

"It's 1980. Ronald Reagan has been elected president, John Lennon has been shot, and a little girl in New Jersey has been hauled off to English classes. Her teachers and parents and tias are expecting her to become white--like the Italians. This is the opening to A cup of water under my be...

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Main Author: Hernández, Daisy.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Hernández, Daisy.
Hernández, Daisy > Family.
Young women > Family relationships > United States.
Colombian Americans > Biography.
Cuban Americans > Biography.
Bisexual women > United States > Biography.
Identity (Psychology) > United States.
Women > New Jersey > Biography.
Women journalists > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Condemned
  • One. Before Love, Memory
  • Stories She Tells Us
  • The Candy Dish
  • A Cup of Water Under My Bed
  • Two. Even If I Kiss a Woman
  • Queer Narratives
  • Que India
  • Three. Only Ricos Have Credit
  • My Father's Hands
  • Blackout
  • Despues.

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