Brown
The Last Discovery of America
Published on 25. March 2003
256 pages
978-1-101-16150-0 (ISBN)
Description
In this dazzling memoir, Richard Rodriguez reflects on the color brown and the meaning of Hispanics to the life of America today. Rodriguez argues that America has been brown since its inception-since the moment the African and the European met within the Indian eye. But more than simply a book about race, Brown is about America in the broadest sense--a look at what our country is, full of surprising observations by a writer who is a marvelous stylist as well as a trenchant observer and thinker.
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Person
Richard Rodriguez, a master of the personal essay, has authored three books of intensely private memory woven with considerations of the great public issues of our time. He describes Hunger of Memory, Days of Obligation, Brown as a trilogy on class, ethnicity, and race, respectively. His most recent book is Darling: A Spiritual Autobiography. Rodriquez's books have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Award. His television essays on American life for The PBS NewsHour were recognized with a Peabody Award. He also has written and hosted documentaries on California and Mexico for U.S. and British television. He was a longtime contributor to Harper's Magazine and the Los Angeles Times. Rodriguez has lived most of his life in California.
Content
Brown - Richard Rodriguez Preface
One: The Triad of Alexis de Tocqueville
Two: In the Brown Study
Three: The Prince and I
Four: Poor Richard
Five: Hispanic
Six: The Third Man
Seven: Dreams of a Temperate People
Eight: Gone West
Nine: Peter's Avocado
Acknowledgments
One: The Triad of Alexis de Tocqueville
Two: In the Brown Study
Three: The Prince and I
Four: Poor Richard
Five: Hispanic
Six: The Third Man
Seven: Dreams of a Temperate People
Eight: Gone West
Nine: Peter's Avocado
Acknowledgments
