"They grew up very Americanized, in West Los Angeles, and even though the community was very Mexican, they grew up listening to radio shows, being very much influenced by movies, by things like that. So between 1920 and 1940 it was very interesting time, where they were really trying to discover what it was to be American, even though my grandmother and grandfather were Mexican. It was a time that I’m excavating myself in my work because it was such a transition for them…"
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On how her maternal side of the family navigated Americanization in “The Excavation of Identity as a Political Act: A Conversation with Helena Maria Viramontes” in Sampsonia Way (2017 Jan 24)
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