Dear Rafe (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Roland Hinojosa-Smith
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The mid-1950’s to the early 1960’s
- Setting: The Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas
- Principal Characters: Jehu (Jay) Malacara, Noddy Perkins, Ira Escobar, Becky Caldwell-Escobar, Sammie Jo Perkins-Cooke
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Interracial relationships, Prejudices or antipathies, West, U.S., Ethnic groups, Ethnic relations, Adultery, Multiculturalism, Mexican Americans, Bilingualism, Latinos, Aliens, illegal, Texas, Banks, bankers, or banking, Caste systems
- Locales: Texas
The Novel
Dear Rafe is based on Rolando Hinojosa’s vivid experiences in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas from 1929 to 1946 as well as on his knowledge of the Korean War. Dear Rafe is a fictionalized portrayal of the area’s white power brokers and their attempts to control the economy in the lower Rio Grande Valley.
Dear Rafe is divided into two parts, forming a total of forty-seven chapters and a conclusion. The first part consists of twenty-three chapters made up of Jehu Malacara’s letters to Rafe Buenrostro. The second part is made up of...
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