Barrio Boy (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Ernesto Galarza
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1910-1920
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Teenagers, Revolutions, Autobiography, 1910’s, 1920’s, Poverty or poor people, Immigration or emigration, Multiculturalism, Mexican Americans, Mexico or Mexicans, Latinos
- Locales: Mexico, Sacramento, CA
Places Discussed
*Jalcocotán (hal-ko-ko-TAN). Small mountain village in central Mexico. Referred to as Jalco, this isolated and seemingly inaccessible pueblo provides the idyllic, almost edenic, setting for young Ernesto. In this small village, the only street with no name is a place that belongs to everybody. Although the living conditions are primitive—with extremes in weather, torrential downpours that cause flooding, and back- breaking labor—Ernesto’s innocence flourishes here. In the village he lives a safe, secure life and learns a set of values by which to measure...
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