The Chicano Studies Reader

by Noriega, Chon A.; Avila, Eric; Davalos, Karen Mary; Sandoval, Chela; Perez-Torres, Rafael

• ISBN13: 9780895511232
• ISBN10: 0895511231
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-01
• Publisher: Chicano Studies Research Center

Summary

The second edition of the Chicano Studies Readerbrings this best-selling anthology up to date with a new section, "Continuing to Push Boundaries." Five additional essays address current issues, including cross-disciplinary studies, investigations of mass media and public culture, and explorations of the intersection of race, sexuality, and citizenship. These essays correspond to the themes that organize the original set of essays: "Decolonizing the Territory," "Performing Politics," "Configuring Identities, and Remapping the World." The revised edition documents the foundation of Chicano studies, testifies to its broad disciplinary range, and explores its continuing development. The contributors are Eric Avila, Maxine Baca Zinn, Gilberto Cardenas, David Carrasco, Angie Chabram-Dernersesian, John Alba Cutler, Karen Mary Davalos, Adelaida R. Del Castillo, Shifra M. Goldman, Juan Gomez-Qui-ones, Deena J. Gonzalez, Ramon A. Guti#x17D;rrez, Jorge A. Huerta, Jessica E. Jones, Chon A. Noriega, Am#x17D;rico Paredes, Fernando Peoalosa, Rafael Perez-Torres, Beatriz M. Pesquera, David Roman, Robert Chao Romero, Rosaura Sanchez, Chela Sandoval, Alex M. Saragoza, Denise A. Segura, Marian E. Schlotterbeck, Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell, Kay Turner, and Steven S. Volk. "This volume should be required reading for any undergraduate or graduate course in ethnic studies." -George Sanchez, president of the American Studies Association "A landmark collection on the state of Chicano studies." -Alberto Lopez Pulido, University of San Diego, in American Quarterly

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	p. ix
The Dissension of Other Things	p. 1
Decolonizing the Territory
Introduction	p. 9
Toward an Operational Definition of the Mexican American	p. 16
Los Desarraigados: Chicanos in the Midwestern Region of the United States	p. 76
Recent Chicano Historiography: An Interpretive Essay	p. 107
Chicano Cinema and the Horizon of Expectations: A Discursive Analysis of Film Reviews in the Mainstream, Alternative, and Hispanic Press, 1987-1988	p. 170
Refiguring Aztlán	p. 197
Performing Politics
Introduction	p. 223
Chicano Teatro: A Background	p. 232
Folklore, Lo Mexicano, and Proverbs	p. 248
Mexican Muralism: Its Social-Educative Role in Latin America and the United States	p. 257
A Perspective for a Study of Religious Dimensions in Chicano Experience: Bless Me, Ultima as a Religious Text	p. 275
Mexican American Home Altars: Toward Their Interpretation	p. 297
Configuring Identities
Introduction	p. 297
Chicanas and El Movimiento	p. 325
Unraveling America's Hispanic Past: Internal Stratification and Class Boundaries	p. 336
Beyond Indifference and Antipathy: The Chicana Movement and Chicana Feminist Discourse	p. 351
Chicana Identity Matters	p. 371
Latino Performance and Identity	p. 386
Remapping the World
Introduction	p. 405
Political Familism: Toward Sex-Role Equality in Chicano Families	p. 412
Chicano Critical Discourse: An Emerging Cultural Practice	p. 428
Mapping the Spanish Language along a Multiethnic and Multilingual Border	p. 465
The Folklore of the Freeway: Space, Culture, and Identity in Postwar Los Angeles	p. 512
Chicana/o Studies and Anthropology: The Dialogue That Never Was	p. 527
Continuing to Push Boundaries
Introduction	p. 559
Illegal Status and Social Citizenship: Thoughts on Mexican Immigrants in a Postnational World	p. 561
Gender, Order, and Femicide: Reading the Popular Culture of Murder in Cuidad Juárez	p. 581
ôEl destierro de los Chinosö: Popular Perspectives on Chinese-Mexican Intermarriage in the Early Twentieth Century	p. 615
Prothesis, Surrogation, and Relation in Arturo Islas's The Rain God	p. 647
Spatializing Sexuality in Jaime Hernandez's Locas	p. 673
Contributors	p. 703
Index	p. 712
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