{"product_id":"tales-from-colonia-popular-paperback","title":"Tales from Colonia Popular - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTamar Diana Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCreative non-fiction or fiction, Tales from Colonia Popular seeks to describe the lives of people the author met in a squatter settlement in Mexicali, where she lived from 1988 to 1994. They are meant to depict the struggles of the poor in the face of seemingly overwhelming odds. They tell the stories of women who live in the colonia, including a woman who received Special Agricultural Workers' amnesty for working in the fields in the Imperial Valley and Salinas, a woman who was the colonia's president, and a woman who works in the maquiladora plants. They also tell stories of men who live in the colonia, including a former garbage picker, a drywaller who longs to give his family more than their income can provide, and a young man who was a coyote's helper when he was a child. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e from \"Only Chiapas? (1995)\", a poem by the author\u003cbr\u003e I have seen the best minds of five generations destroyed by poverty\u003cbr\u003e struggling naked moaning sobbing howling in despair . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Who dragged themselves through dusty streets at dawn searched for a\u003cbr\u003e way to survive laborers for others . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Who sowed hoed cut harvested tended sheep cattle\u003cbr\u003e horses goats burros on haciendas from age seven or eight . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Who after 16 years of civil strife . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Who then joined their urban cousins some to live on lonely brickyards\u003cbr\u003e no electricity no fans no refrigerators no running water. . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Some to invade unused lands to form squatter settlements\u003cbr\u003e shanty towns colonias paracaidistas colonias perdidas\u003cbr\u003e colonias populares to build shacks of tarpaulin scrapwood\u003cbr\u003e cardboard crushed aluminum cans trashed by Budweiser and Cola Cola\u003cbr\u003e drinkers to tap the holes against the rain . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53025359495475,"sku":"9781891386190","price":23.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/K7vD_rMYDr9781891386190.webp?v=1770232181","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/tales-from-colonia-popular-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}