{"product_id":"9781609380380","title":"Anthropologies: A Family Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eA vivid archive of memories, Beth Alvarado’s \u003ci\u003eAnthropologies\u003c\/i\u003e layers scenes, portraits, dreams, and narratives in a dynamic cross-cultural mosaic. Bringing her lyrical tenor to bear on stories as diverse as harboring teen runaways, gunfights with \u003ci\u003efederales\u003c\/i\u003e, and improbable love, Alvarado unveils the ways in which seemingly separate moments coalesce to forge a communal truth. Woven from the threads of distinct family histories and ethnic identities, \u003ci\u003eAnthropologies\u003c\/i\u003e creates a heightened understanding of how individual experiences are part of a larger shared fabric of lives.\u003c\/p\u003e    Like the opening of a series of doors, each turn of the page reveals some new reality and the memories that emerge from it. Open one door and you are transported to a modest Colorado town in 1966, appraising animal tracks edged into a crust of snow while listening to stories of Saipan. Open another and you are lounging in a lush Michoacán hacienda, or in another, the year is 1927 and you are standing on a porch in Tucson, watching \u003ci\u003eLa Llorona\u003c\/i\u003e turn a corner.   With vivid imagery and a poetic sensibility, \u003ci\u003eAnthropologies\u003c\/i\u003e reenacts the process of remembering and so evokes a compelling narrative. Each snapshot provides a glimpse into the past, illuminating the ways in which memory and history are intertwined. Whether the experience is of her own drug use or that of a great-great-grandmother’s trek across the Great Plains with Brigham Young, Alvarado’s insight into the binding nature of memory illuminates a new way of understanding our place within families, generations, and cultures.","brand":"University of Iowa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135233704176,"sku":"9781609380380","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781609380380_p0.jpg?v=1763838847","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781609380380","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}