How I Got Cultured: A Nevada Memoir
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Phyllis Barber grew up in Las Vegas, in the midst of a devout Mormon family. As a small child, she began to feel uneasy with her faith's all-pervasive certainty and righteousness. As she grew, the... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0874172330
ISBN13:9780874172331
Release Date:January 1994
Publisher:University of Nevada Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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An excellent insight on the youth of a orthodox mormon girl
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Phyllis Barber allows the reader to gain a intimate view of the clash between values of 1950's Las Vegas and her family's vallues of Mormonism. Barber struggles to use her talent of rhythm in a city celebrated for the excesses of entertainment versus her family's definition of proper use of talent within the confines of her Mormon culture. Barber uses the symbolism of marriage to both worlds to best explain the dilemna she is in. To Bobby Jack ( a current boyfriend) marriage meant a wheezing minister, ye
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