The Child and the Latina Immigrant: Reimagining the Southern California Imaginary in Héctor Tobar's The Barbarian Nurseries.

A literary criticism of the 2011 book "The Barbarian Nurseries" by Héctor Tobar is presented. It discusses the novel's story about 11-year-old Brandon Torres-Thompson and his younger brother who are left alone with Mexican housekeeper Araceli when their parents left them following domestic trouble....

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Published in:	Western American Literature Vol. 53; no. 4; pp. 469 - 496
Main Author:	Ropp, Sarah
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	Western Literature Association Winter2019
Subjects:	Barbarian Nurseries, The (Book) Tobar, Héctor Children in literature Household employees in literature Subjectivity in literature Themes in American literature
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost