Color : Latino voices in the Pacific Northwest /
"Recent immigrants to the United States usually cannot read or speak English. Few are educated; some struggle to sign their own name. Yet they are able to do things many Americans have forgotten: to find joy in what others might find mundane; to work hard for very little while hoping for a bett...
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| 100 | 1 | |a West, Lorane A., |d 1960- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Color : |b Latino voices in the Pacific Northwest / |c Lorane A. West. |
| 260 | |a Pullman, Wash. : |b WSU Press, |c c2004. | ||
| 300 | |a viii, 163 p. ; |c 23 cm. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Adoption--Infertile woman offers to let her husband impregnate someone else -- Alone--War survivor has to get used to being alone when husband deported -- Alzheimer's--Man won't abandon wife into assisted living center; he keeps her at home -- Anesthesia--Man was awakened from his anesthesia overdose by sound of beloved voice -- Animal--Man with severe injury remembers his wilder days; now he is jealous of his wife -- Argentina--Children and parents choose between their two cultures and family is split -- Arthritis--Elderly Peruvian lady with arthritis is told she "walks like a Mexican bandit" -- Artificial Life--Man admires his aged mother's recovery on hospital burn unit -- Auto Tech--Mexican man feels ripped off; returns to Guadalajara for auto tech training -- Back--Injured man has trouble understanding Labor and Industries program -- Beatings--Battered Mexican woman gets cancer; still hopes for change -- | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Bible--Man explains how he struggles with the devil to read the Bible better -- Big--Large Salvadoran lady gets plenty of attention from Latinos on the street -- Book--Woman wants to write a book about U.S. experience, warning others not to come -- Braces--Mother and son are stuck in braces when husband is laid off and loses insurance -- Breast--Indian woman argues with doctor to get her newborn to breast and bless him -- Bro--Brother explains why he's so eager to cheer his sister-in-law on during childbirth -- Brother--Honduran brother-in-law moves in to care for wife while husband out of town -- Bullet--Mexican man remembers how he was shot in the head by his pregnant girlfriend -- Calendar Boy--Disappointed/bragging father whose son quit school to be calendar boy -- Chains--Lonely professional woman feels invisible; only known as a nanny now -- Charity Care--Man whose wife has cancer finds out about Charity Care program -- | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Cholo--Grandma tells about baggy-pants boy who married her disabled granddaughter -- Choose--Married Mexican man with girlfriend has to choose between women -- Church--Women invite interpreter to attend church with them -- Class--South American man regrets having married his lower class countrywoman -- Classes--Mother takes parenting classes to learn how to control her temper -- Crossing--Woman with cancer tells about crossing the border with her grandchildren -- Daughter--Dad comes to terms with having daughter--instead of son--during labor -- Dear Mami--Letter from dead baby to grieving mother, thanking her for his short life -- Death--Pregnant woman has near-death experience as she gets infection and loses her baby -- Deer--Salvadoran grandson wouldn't mind Grandma back home; reunited with her in U.S. -- Diabetes--Pregnant mom with diabetes talks about how she lost her first child to disease -- Doctor--Man with bad surgery outcome regrets he ever went to the doctor originally -- | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Dog--Mother-in-law explains how men need space to be comfortable in a marriage -- Donors--Grandma has many potential donors, but would prefer her husband's kidney -- Down's--Father of newborn with Down's syndrome upset that doctor didn't explain better -- Economist--University student is saved from being gang-raped when she is recognized -- Eighteen--Young married woman wonders why everyone mad at her for being pregnant -- Embroidery--Mexican woman working in U.S. factory misses warmth of family home -- English--Woman has to help her Puerto Rican boyfriend propose to her in Spanish -- Epilepsy--Uninsured man with uncontrolled seizures wonders if there might be a cure -- Example--Christian father explains how his family is an example to others in community -- Expense--Grandpa leaves hospital against medical advice when janitor tells him the cost -- Eye Doctor--Mother tells how painful it is to watch rough doctor handling her son -- | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Fallopian Tubes--Housekeeper pays cash to straighten Fallopian tubes -- Family--Large family from eastern Washington in Seattle hospital waiting room -- Family Bed--Mom talks about Latino families sleeping together in big, cozy group -- Farm--Man fishes in Alaska to save up to buy his own farm in Mexico and get a wife -- Father and Mother--New dad spoonfeeds new mother, since her family is far away -- Fifteen--Man laments that his fifteen-year-old wife seems too young to become a mother -- Finally--Seventy-three-year-old man explains how he is the father of a twenty-year-old son -- Five Years--Birthing mother remembers interpreter who was more than family -- Follow-Up--Man calls Public Health to get catheter removed when no one will treat him -- Froggie--Woman remembers how neighbor arranged for her kidnapping for ransom -- Frown--Unhappy hypochondriac wants to buy a happy face to gain credibility -- Frustration--Mentally ill boy chokes another student to get his backpack back -- | |
| 505 | 0 | |a God--Mexican woman can't forgive abusive dad who "found God" in old age -- Good Try--Mexican soccer coach cannot understand why white parents yell "good try" -- Goodbye--Dying baby's heart keeps beating until dad holds baby in his arms -- Grandson--Child left behind wondered if his parents didn't want him -- Gratitude--Immigrant feels sad that so many citizens are ungrateful -- Greenery--Grandma talks about going into the forest to pick bouquet greenery -- Grief--Grieving sister thinks she must have had heart attack, cannot believe it was just grief -- Grumpy--Grumpy old man suffers at graveside service for his wife of sixty years -- Hard Work--Father bewildered by son's choice to forego hard work and attend college -- Healer--Healer disappointed that she cannot cure granddaughter's diabetes -- Heart--Eastern Washington heart patient amused at idiopathic cardiomyopathy diagnosis -- Heart Transplant--Man refuses heart transplant, prefers to keep his own heart and die -- | |
| 505 | 0 | |a High Protein--Couple informed that the mother's high protein may mean birth defects -- Home--Mother explains why they left their children in home country -- Hunger--Disabled man recalls childhood starvation, grateful his children have enough food -- Hurting Myself--Post-traumatic war victim tries to explain why suicide a relief -- Hysterectomy--Woman finds out after cancer treatment that she is permanently infertile -- Ice--Woman complains that drug and alcohol counselor is as cold as ice to her drinking husband -- Identity--IRS tries to get woman to pay double taxes when someone uses her ID -- Jalisco--Mexican woman compares poverty there and here--no money vs. no time -- Jealousy--Pregnant woman may miscarry after jealous fight with boyfriend leads to a fall -- Joking Around--Mexican father gets closer to son when they live alone together in U.S. -- Joy--Older mother enjoys childbirth so much she has symptoms of extreme joy during labor -- | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Junior--Father had a lot of dreams for his terminally ill son; it is wrenching to let him go -- Keeping House--Housewife talks about the joys of keeping a nice, clean house -- Knitting--Volunteer knitter for the Red Cross loves helping babies have hand-knit items -- Las Malvinas--Argentinean vows to never speak English after Falkland Islands attack -- Last Time--Mother frustrated when emergency room won't treat her son's cold symptoms -- Laughter--Joking woman with heart defect laughs her way through heart procedure -- Leukemia--Uncle is very angry that his young nephew has leukemia and no chance at this life -- Lie--Man gets up courage to confront past partner who infected him with the AIDS virus -- Living Will--Man due for surgery becomes anxious when asked to make a living will -- Low Class--Woman laments over embarrassing lover she has found in the United States -- Luck--Cancer patient feels she was lucky to be hit by a bus because it taught her patience -- | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Maid--Maid talks about how sad and lonely it is to be a hotel maid cleaning rooms in silence -- Memory--Man explains why social worker's advice to remember dead brother is inadequate -- Men Doctors--Woman did not like two young men poking around her private parts -- Miniskirt--Woman doesn't understand why her boyfriend wants her to dress sexy -- Miracle--Grandma prays for eye doctor to be able to keep helping others regain sight -- Mitten--Five family members want to share hotel room to support Grandma with cancer -- Mom--Woman misses mom while her husband pressures her to grow up and get over it -- Money--Wife regrets husband's prosperity, since he has become self-important -- Monopoly--Mexican complains about nationalized industries in Mexico -- Morphine--Grandpa on morphine flirts with hospital personnel -- Mother Mary--Mother prays to Virgin to convince Jesus to hear her prayers for baby -- Mother's Day--Furious Dad threatens son who only sends flowers on Mother's Day -- | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Nun--Would-be nun with bad knees married poor charity student and lives to regret it -- Nurses--Mexican woman is pleased at how the U.S. nurses treat her during childbirth -- Old Age--Grandma continues to have fun and dance in spite of grumpy Grandpa -- Once--Woman gets pregnant after having sex once, and chooses never to marry -- One Man--Son stays with Mom who never remarried when his father died -- Onion Stalk--Eastern Washington farmworker loses eyeball from onion stalk scratch -- Opening--Laboring mom recalls abuse, delays labor, then focuses back in on baby -- Patron Saint--Mom names ill baby after Saint, does rituals she promised to God -- Picture--Son buys his mom a color television, and she tapes his picture to it for all to see -- Plugged--School and hospital both push mother to get her son's ear "plugged" -- Pork--Mexican Mom has paralyzed baby who is now losing insurance -- Praying--Mexican minister getting fertility treatment, praying with wife for a baby -- | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Professional--Woman misses follow-up Pap smear because of pushy male interpreter -- Public Charge--Woman refuses assistance to avoid becoming public charge -- Pulling Teeth--Medical query seems repetitive to man who's never been to a doctor. | |
| 520 | 1 | |a "Recent immigrants to the United States usually cannot read or speak English. Few are educated; some struggle to sign their own name. Yet they are able to do things many Americans have forgotten: to find joy in what others might find mundane; to work hard for very little while hoping for a better future; to love, accept, and support their families no matter what; and to place a higher value on relationships than possessions." "Based on exchanges she witnessed through her work as an interpreter and advocate for Spanish-speaking immigrants, author Lorane A. West paints a picture of their lives, and through her portraits gives Americans a glimpse of themselves that may both surprise and challenge."--Jacket. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Hispanic Americans |z Northwest, Pacific |v Interviews. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Hispanic Americans |z Northwest, Pacific |x Social conditions. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Northwest, Pacific |x Social conditions. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Northwest, Pacific |x Ethnic relations. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Northwest, Pacific |v Biography. | |
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| 655 | 7 | |a Interviews. |2 fast | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a West, Lorane A., 1960- |t Color. |d Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University Press, ©2004 |w (OCoLC)607400502 |
| 752 | |a United States |b Washington (State) |d Pullman. | ||
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