Pimentel Historias de Éxito within Mexican Communities

Silenced Voices
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-53288-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 114 Seiten

Reihe: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection

Using qualitative research data on Mexican/Mexican Americans and their historias de éxito that center on Mexican centric concepts such as buen trabajador, bien educado, and buena gente, Octavio Pimentel reveals that when social networks guide personal goals in these communities, goals become community-oriented rather than personally-oriented.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pimentel, O.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; Victor Villanueva Preface; Luis Urrieta, Jr. 1. Introduction 2. Research Design and Method 3. Haciendo Y Compartiendo: Quetzin's Historia de Éxito 4. In Search of Prosperity at all Costs: Luis's Historia de Éxito 5. What Does all This Mean?' Implications and Conclusions Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

Octavio Pimentel is Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition and Interim Director for the MA Rhetoric and Composition Program at Texas State University, USA. He is the co-editor of Communicating Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in Technical Communication (2014) and author of articles that have appeared in such journals as The Council Chronicle, Reflections: Journal of Writing, Community Literacy, and Service Learning, and the Journal of Latinos in Education.