TY - BOOK AU - Acosta,Abiel AU - Alvarez,Alejo AU - Andrade,Norma AU - Cotto,Robert AU - Fox,Sarah AU - García,José AU - Garrod,Andrew C. AU - Gomez,Christina AU - Kilkenny,Robert AU - Martinez,Eric AU - Meléndez,Alessandro AU - Ralos,David AU - Ramírez,Miguel AU - Rodriguez,Joseph AU - Rodríguez,Antonio AU - Saldivar,Marissa AU - Turcios,Viana AU - Urena,Angelita TI - Mi Voz, Mi Vida: Latino College Students Tell Their Life Stories SN - 9780801463808 AV - LC2670.6 .M58 2007 U1 - 378.742/3 22 PY - 2012///] CY - Ithaca, NY PB - Cornell University Press KW - Hispanic American college students KW - New Hampshire KW - Hanover KW - Biography KW - Hispanic American youth KW - Education (Higher) KW - Education & History Of Education KW - Latino/A Studies KW - Sociology & Social Science KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Hispanic & Latino KW - bisacsh KW - Afro-Caribbean KW - Afro-Latinx KW - Caribbean culture KW - Caribbean diaspora KW - Latin American culture KW - Latin American history KW - Latino college students KW - books for common reading KW - books for common reads KW - books for freshman year reading KW - books for freshman year seminar KW - books like educated KW - central american immigrant experience KW - college level Latino students KW - college life books KW - cuban immigrant experience KW - dominican immigrant experience KW - education biography KW - education memoirs KW - ethnic studies KW - experience of Latino students KW - first generation students KW - higher education books KW - hispanic american college students KW - hispanic american studies KW - hispanic american youth KW - identity and biculturalism KW - immigrant experience KW - latino education KW - latinx history KW - latinx teenager experience KW - mexican immigrant experience KW - minority population KW - new american identity KW - puerto rican immigrant experience KW - racial identity in contemporary America KW - south american immigrant experience KW - students and college life KW - the latinx condition KW - why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction --; RESILIENCE --; The Devils Within --; Dignity and Doubt --; Beyond the Euphoric Buzz --; BICULTURALISM --; The Hatred Within --; Was It Worth It? --; The Double Life --; The Unknown Want --; Orgullo Dominicana --; The Coquí’s Call --; A Latinidad I Cannot, Will Not Hide --; LATINO IDENTITIES --; The Strange Comfort of an Unknown Future --; Me against the Wall --; On Being Canela --; Living between the Lines --; One Life, Many Lenses --; About the Editors; restricted access N2 - Amid the flurry of debates about immigration, poverty, and education in the United States, the stories in Mi Voz, Mi Vida allow us to reflect on how young people who might be most affected by the results of these debates actually navigate through American society.The fifteen Latino college students who tell their stories in this book come from a variety of socioeconomic, regional, and family backgrounds—they are young men and women of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central American, and South American descent. Their insights are both balanced and frank, blending personal, anecdotal, political, and cultural viewpoints. Their engaging stories detail the students' personal struggles with issues such as identity and biculturalism, family dynamics, religion, poverty, stereotypes, and the value of education.Throughout, they provide insights into issues of racial identity in contemporary America among a minority population that is very much in the news. This book gives educators, students, and their families a clear view of the experience of Latino students adapting to a challenging educational environment and a cultural context—Dartmouth College—often very different from their childhood ones UR - https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801463808 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801463808 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801463808/original ER -