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The Resource A cup of water under my bed : a memoir, Daisy Hernández

A cup of water under my bed : a memoir, Daisy Hernández

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"It's 1980. Ronald Reagan has been elected president, John Lennon has been shot, and a little girl in New Jersey has been hauled off to English classes. Her teachers and parents and tias are expecting her to become white--like the Italians. This is the opening to A cup of water under my bed, the memoir of one Colombian-Cuban daughter's rebellions and negotiations with the women who raised her and the world that wanted to fit her into a cubbyhole. From language acquisition to coming out as bisexual to arriving as a reporting intern at the New York Times as the paper is rocked by its biggest plagiarism scandal, Daisy Hernandez chronicles what the women in her community taught her about race, sex, money, and love. This is a memoir about the private nexus of sexuality, immigration, race and class issues, but it is ultimately a daughter's cuento of how to take the lessons from home and shape them into a new, queer life"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 185 pages)
Contents
  • Condemned
  • One. Before Love, Memory
  • Stories She Tells Us
  • The Candy Dish
  • A Cup of Water Under My Bed
  • Two. Even If I Kiss a Woman
  • Queer Narratives
  • Que India
  • Three. Only Ricos Have Credit
  • My Father's Hands
  • Blackout
  • Despues
Isbn
9780807014493
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A cup of water under my bed : a memoir
Title
A cup of water under my bed
Title remainder
a memoir
Statement of responsibility
Daisy Hernández
Creator
Contributor
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"It's 1980. Ronald Reagan has been elected president, John Lennon has been shot, and a little girl in New Jersey has been hauled off to English classes. Her teachers and parents and tias are expecting her to become white--like the Italians. This is the opening to A cup of water under my bed, the memoir of one Colombian-Cuban daughter's rebellions and negotiations with the women who raised her and the world that wanted to fit her into a cubbyhole. From language acquisition to coming out as bisexual to arriving as a reporting intern at the New York Times as the paper is rocked by its biggest plagiarism scandal, Daisy Hernandez chronicles what the women in her community taught her about race, sex, money, and love. This is a memoir about the private nexus of sexuality, immigration, race and class issues, but it is ultimately a daughter's cuento of how to take the lessons from home and shape them into a new, queer life"--
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Provided by publisher
Biography type
autobiography
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RECBK
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Hernández, Daisy
Dewey number
920.009268/7291073
Index
no index present
LC call number
CT275.H5862453
LC item number
A3 2014eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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  • Hernández, Daisy
  • Hernández, Daisy
  • Hernández, Daisy
  • Young women
  • Colombian Americans
  • Cuban Americans
  • Bisexual women
  • Identity (Psychology)
  • Women
  • Women journalists
  • Bisexual women
  • Colombian Americans
  • Cuban Americans
  • Families
  • Identity (Psychology)
  • Social conditions
  • Women
  • Women journalists
  • Young women
  • United States
  • New Jersey
  • New York (State)
  • United States
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A cup of water under my bed : a memoir, Daisy Hernández
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online resource
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rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
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text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Condemned -- One. Before Love, Memory -- Stories She Tells Us -- The Candy Dish -- A Cup of Water Under My Bed -- Two. Even If I Kiss a Woman -- Queer Narratives -- Que India -- Three. Only Ricos Have Credit -- My Father's Hands -- Blackout -- Despues
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 185 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780807014493
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unknown
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computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
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33410f76-372c-4207-85fc-78f625d8e2e0
Publisher number
EB00270461
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not applicable
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unknown
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unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
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  • (OCoLC)883267200
  • (OCoLC)ocn883267200
Label
A cup of water under my bed : a memoir, Daisy Hernández
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Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Condemned -- One. Before Love, Memory -- Stories She Tells Us -- The Candy Dish -- A Cup of Water Under My Bed -- Two. Even If I Kiss a Woman -- Queer Narratives -- Que India -- Three. Only Ricos Have Credit -- My Father's Hands -- Blackout -- Despues
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 185 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780807014493
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
33410f76-372c-4207-85fc-78f625d8e2e0
Publisher number
EB00270461
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • (OCoLC)883267200
  • (OCoLC)ocn883267200

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