The Medicine of Memory: A Mexica Clan in California

by Alejandro Murguía and Alejandro Murgua

Book Overview

"People who live in California deny the past," asserts Alejandro Murgu a. In a state where "what matters is keeping up with the current trends, fads, or latest computer gizmo," no one has "the time, energy, or desire to reflect on what happened last week, much less what happened ten years ago, or a hundred." From this oblivion of memory, he continues, comes a false sense of history, a deluded belief that the way things are now is the way they have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292752679
• ISBN13: 9780292752672
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.8" x 8.5"