Chasers

Renato Rosaldo is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at New York University and the author of several books, including The Day of Shelly's Death, also published by Duke University Press.

"The Chasers is at once a snapshot of Chicano culture in the '50s, and contemporary in its humanity." - Meredith O'Neil (Tucson Weekly) "The Chasers is a must read."- Margaret Randall (World Literature Today) "Rosaldo’s antropoesÍa is an emerging hybrid genre, a method of knowledge production that cannot be codified. It insists on highlighting nuances rather than erecting schemas. It is precise in its ability to articulate the uncategorizable." - Tara Westmor (Los Angeles Review of Books)

• Prelude  xiCast of Characters  xiiiPart I.Walnuts  3Never Chicano Enough  5Suddenly Blank  7Nice Meals  8Down the Little Arroyo  9Never Dreamed  11A Dark Side  13Talking with Mom  16Fastest Naked Sprinter  19In the Cactus Chronicle  21The Chaser Mystique  23Part II.Playing Bull  27Sports People  29All about Fun  32A Quiet Guy  34In Formation  35Champagne in a Martini Class  38White, Black, or Blue  41My Inner Mexican Comes In  42No More Oranges  45No Emblem  46Ode to Ralph 48I'd Like the Job  50Part III.Not from Tucson  55Ornamental Oranges  57I Never Liked You  60A Place to Stand  62Fiftieth Reunion  64I Was Shaking  69Three Months Older  71Guys on One Side  74In the School Yard  76Erased  77You Won't Do Well  78Part IV.Observing  83Never a Fighter  85Papa y yo hablamos  86Dad and I Talk  87You Were or Were Not  89Raw Eggs  90My Brother Raul  92I Remember  93An Old Story  97I Am a Chaser  99My Dad Died When I Was Six  101Packager  103Sure Hope We Can Enjoy a Few More Years  107Acknowledgments  109