Taxi dancer a novel
"If we can't marry white girls, we can at least dance with them." In response to Depression-era California laws that criminalized interracial marriage, Filipinos established taxi dance halls where they could mingle with American women. When Filipino farmworker Eli and American taxi dancer Lucinda fa...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Pasadena, CA :
Red Hen Press,
2026.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "If we can't marry white girls, we can at least dance with them." In response to Depression-era California laws that criminalized interracial marriage, Filipinos established taxi dance halls where they could mingle with American women. When Filipino farmworker Eli and American taxi dancer Lucinda fall in love, they hope to move to Washington State where they can legally wed. Their plans are derailed when Eli is arrested for the shooting death of a dance hall owner. As Lucinda fights to exonerate Eli, she uncovers a murder conspiracy orchestrated by Mamie Savage, a rival dance hall owner and Sal, her Filipino bartender. The capital punishment trial brings to light abhorrent secrets concealed by the conspirators, the victim, and Lucinda herself. Inspired by true events in San Diego's Stingaree district"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 313 pages ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781636285153 1636285155 9781636285177 1636285171 |
| Author Notes: | Marivi Soliven has authored seventeen books, taught creative writing at the University of the Philippines and the University of California San Diego and was admitted to the Hedgebrook Writer-in-Residence Program in 2012. Her debut novel The Mango Bride won the 2011 Grand Prize at the Palanca Awards, the Philippine counterpart of the Pulitzer Prize. Additionally, two of her books for children were awarded silver medals at the 1991 and 1993 Palanca Awards. The film adaptation of her story "Pandemic Bread" has screened at film festivals across the country. Marivi writes and works as a Filipino interpreter in San Diego, California. |
