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Bird of paradise : how I became Latina /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cepeda, Raquel
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Atria Books, 2013.
Edition:1st Atria books hardcover ed.
Subjects:
Cepeda, Raquel.
Cepeda, Raquel > Family.
Hispanic American women > Biography.
Hispanic American women > Ethnic identity.
Hispanic Americans > Biography.
Hispanic Americans > Ethnic identity.
Dominican Americans > Biography.
Genetic genealogy.
Dominican Republic > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Author's note
  • Preface
  • Part 1:
  • 1: Love, American-style
  • 2: Mean streets
  • 3: Journey into the heart of darkness
  • 4: Uptown '81
  • 5: An awakening
  • 6: Jesus Christ and the freakazoid
  • 7: Ave Maria, Morena
  • 8: God bodies and Indios
  • 9: There's no other place
  • 10: Whitewash
  • Part 2:
  • 11: Truth, reconciliation, and time machines
  • 12: Things come together
  • 13: Tripping in Morocco
  • 14: Running the Fukú down
  • 15: Flash of the spirit
  • 16: She who walks behind me
  • 17: Paradise gone
  • 18: Becoming Latina
  • Postscript
  • Acknowledgments
  • Ancestral DNA testing: now it's your turn
  • Frequently asked questions
  • DNA test kit instructions
  • Selected sources and further reading
  • Index
  • Family tree DNA discount coupon.