Where the Ox Does Not Plow: A Mexican American Ballad

by Manuel Peña

Where the Ox Does Not Plow , an autobiographical ethnography, consists of twenty-six life episodes that chronicle Manuel Pe a's transformative journey from an impoverished migrant worker to a career in academia. Inspired by his experiences and those of the people around him in Texas and California, Pe a reflects on a wide range of issues arising from the historically marginalized condition of Mexicans and other Latinos in the United States. The narrative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826344216
• ISBN13: 9780826344212
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.2"