This book is an auto-ethnographic case study of the role of indigenous literatures in the educational experience of Hispanic day laborers in Southern California. It addresses how indigenous literatures can be used as a pedagogic tool to motivate marginalized workers to increase their literacy while they develop a stronger sense of their social identity and human potential. The study illustrates qualitatively the correlation between the motivation to learn and the exploration and development of a robust social identity. Nahuatl and Quiche literatures are analyzed for their educational...