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Uncle Rico's Encore
- Mostly True Stories of Filipino Seattle
Engelsk Hardback
Uncle Rico's Encore
- Mostly True Stories of Filipino Seattle
Engelsk Hardback

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A love note to the city and its once vibrant Pinoy community

From the 1950s through the 1970s, blue-collar Filipino Americans, or Pinoys, lived a hardscrabble existence. Immigrant parents endured blatant racism, sporadic violence, and poverty while their US-born children faced more subtle forms of racism, such as the low expectations of teachers and counselors in the public school system. In this collection of autobiographical essays, acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Peter Bacho centers the experiences of the Pinoy generation that grew up in Seattle’s multiethnic neighborhoods, from the Central Area to Beacon Hill to Rainier Valley. He recounts intimate moments of everyday life: fishing with marshmallows at Madison Beach, playing bruising games of basketball at Madrona Park, and celebrating with his uncles in Chinatown as hundreds of workers returned from Alaska canneries in the fall. He also relates vivid stories of defiance and activism, including resistance to the union-busting efforts of the federal government in the 1950s and organizing for decent housing and services for elders in the 1970s. Sharing a life inextricably connected to his community and the generation that came before him, this memoir is a tribute to Filipino Seattle.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
224
ISBN-13:
9780295749778
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0295749776
Udg. Dato:
3 maj 2022
Længde:
23mm
Bredde:
133mm
Højde:
203mm
Forlag:
University of Washington Press
Oplagsdato:
3 maj 2022
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