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Loading... Mexican Enough: My Life between the Borderlines (edition 2008)by Stephanie Elizondo Griest
Work InformationMexican Enough: My Life between the Borderlines by Stephanie Elizondo Griest
  
None No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) usefuljack | May 17, 2013 |  ) usefuljack | May 17, 2013 | Outside of the first chapter and small references sprinkled throughout, Griest does not focus much on herself. It makes it difficult to think of this book as largely a memoir. Outside of that, "Mexican Enough" is an interesting read for those looking for a perspective of Mexico from someone who is on the border of two cultures. The descriptions of her interactions with Mexicans are very colorful and interesting. (  ) unknown_zoso05 | Jan 31, 2012 |  ) amusedbybooks | Nov 18, 2009 |
 I really enjoyed Griest's ability to weave together these different threads into an interesting -- at times humorous, at others heartbreaking -- tale. There's much to be learned from reading Griest's memoir, but most of all, Mexico clearly remains a fascinating and culturally rich place that everyone should experience at least once in their lives. The systematic self-incrimination she repeatedly displays and the frenzied compulsions fueling her quest to figure out just how Mexican she truly is -- if at all -- are what make Griest's work important. It speaks to the larger truths all biethnic individuals are fixated on but aren't always as willing to expose with such intense honesty and nerve. So we continue watching with an interest best described as uneasy.
Growing up in a half-white, half-brown town and family in South Texas, Stephanie Elizondo Griest struggled with her cultural identity. Upon turning thirty, she ventured to her mother's native Mexico to do some root-searching and stumbled upon a social movement that shook the nation to its core. No library descriptions found. |
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