175 books (9 pages) in this category
Contested Histories of Feminism in the Chicano Movement
by Maylei Blackwell
The first book-length study of women's involvement in the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s, ¡Chicana Power! tells the powerful story of the emergence of Chicana feminism within student and community-based organizations throughout ...
ISBN: 9781477312667
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eBookThe New Chicana/o History
by Carlos Kevin Blanton
Chicana/o history has reached an intriguing juncture. While academic and intellectual studies are embracing new, highly nuanced perspectives on race, class, gender, education, identity, and community, the field itself continues to be viewed as a
ISBN: 9781477310120
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eBookFaith-Based Organizing for Racial Equity and Ethical Democracy
by Richard L. Wood & Brad R. Fulton
<p>Faith-based community organizers have spent decades working for greater equality in American society, and more recently have become significant players in shaping health care, finance, and immigration reform at the highest levels of ...
ISBN: 9780226306162
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eBookLatinos, Asian Americans, and the Achievement Gap
by Gilda L. Ochoa
<DIV><P>Today the achievement gap is hotly debated among pundits, politicians, and educators. In particular this conversation often focuses on the two fastest-growing demographic groups in the United States: Asian Americans and Latinos. In ...
ISBN: 9781452940137
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eBookWriter, Political Activist, and Civil Rights Pioneer
by Arnoldo Carlos Vento
<p>This work probes into the socio-political and cultural setting in South Texas (1915-1992) via data found in the private archival collection of Adela Sloss-Vento; it focuses on her role as an activist, writer and civil/human rights pioneer. It
ISBN: 9780761869146
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eBookCommunity and Collaborative Video in Mexico
by Freya Schiwy & Byrt Wammack Weber
<p><em>Adjusting the Lens</em> offers a detailed analysis of contemporary, independent, indigenous-language audiovisual production in Mexico and in Mexican migrant communities in the United States. The contributors relate the styles and forms of
ISBN: 9780822982425
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eBookAffective Intellectuals and the Space of Catastrophe in the Americas
by Judith Sierra-Rivera
<p>In her groundbreaking <em>Affective Intellectuals and the Space of Catastrophe in the Americas</em>, Judith Sierra-Rivera studies five different contexts of crisis: natural disasters in Mexico, forced displacements between Central America and
ISBN: 9780814276495
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eBookby Alexander Gonzales
In his book, Gonzales provides snapshots of true-life accounts to eloquently describe the world in which he lived – from the humble beginnings of his childhood, to his life as a Drug Kingpin, to his transformation in State Prison. He goes into ...
ISBN: 9781456748241
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eBookAn African American and Latinx History of the United States
by Paul Ortiz
<p><strong>An intersectional history of the shared struggle for African American and Latinx civil rights</strong></p> <p>Spanning more than two hundred years, <em>An African American and Latinx History of the United States</em> is a ...
ISBN: 9780807013908
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eBookRecovering the Testimonios of Mexican American Herederas, 1848–1960
by Karen R. Roybal
<p>One method of American territory expansion in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands was the denial of property rights to Mexican landowners, which led to dispossession. Many historical accounts overlook this colonial impact on Indigenous and Mexican ...
ISBN: 9781469633831
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eBookFilmmaking and Popular Struggle in Mexico
by Livia K. Stone
<p>The People's Front in Defense of Land of Atenco (the "Frente") is an emblematic force in contemporary Mexican politics and in anti-capitalist, anti-neoliberal activist networks throughout the world. Best known for years of ...
ISBN: 9780826522252
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eBookEssays on the Chicano Homeland. Revised and Expanded Edition.
by Rudolfo Anaya, Francisco A. Lomelí & Enrique R. Lamadrid
<p>During the Chicano Movement in the 1960s and 1970s, the idea of Aztlán, homeland of the ancient Aztecs, served as a unifying force in an emerging cultural renaissance. Does the term remain useful? This expanded new edition of the classic 1989
ISBN: 9780826356765
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eBookCitizenship and the Making of Mexican American Manhood, 1848-1959
by Alberto Varon
<p><strong>Uncovers the long history of how Latino manhood was integral to the formation of Latino identity</strong></p> <p>In the first ever book-length study of Latino manhood before the Civil Rights Movement, Before Chicano examines Mexican ...
ISBN: 9781479873548
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eBookA Spiritual Geography of the Pimería Alta
by James S. Griffith
<p><strong>The region once known as Pimería Alta</strong>—now southern Arizona and northern Sonora—has for more than three centuries been a melting pot for the beliefs of native Tohono O'odham and immigrant Yaquis and those of colonizing ...
ISBN: 9780816533411
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eBookBetween the Sun and the Moon: Andean and Amazonian Myths and Legends.
Entre El Sol Y La Luna: Mitos Y Leyendas De Los Andes Y La Amazonia.
by Beatriz R. Alvarado
<p>A magical clock in a castle full of hidden treasures. A family punished for its curiosity by being turned into stone. What do the above scenarios have in common? They are all part of the fabric of Peruvian tales that are retold on the pages ...
ISBN: 9781504925051
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eBookIntersectional Latino Masculinities
by Aída Hurtado & Mrinal Sinha
<p>Long considered a pervasive value of Latino cultures both south and north of the US border, machismo—a hypermasculinity that obliterates any other possible influences on men's attitudes and behavior—is still used to define Latino men and boys
ISBN: 9781477308790
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eBookRacial Politics in the New Gulf South
by John D. Márquez
Houston is the largest city in the Gulf South, a region sometimes referred to as the “black belt” because of its sizeable African American population. Yet, over the last thirty years, Latinos have become the largest ethnic minority in Houston, ...
ISBN: 9780292753891
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eBookby E. Patrick Johnson & Ramón H. Rivera-Servera
<p>Staging an important new conversation between performers and critics, <em>Blacktino Queer Performance</em> approaches the interrelations of blackness and Latinidad through a stimulating mix of theory and art. The collection contains nine ...
ISBN: 9780822374657
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eBookHispanic & Latino Heritage in Virginia
by Christine Stoddard
Long before the adventures of John Rolfe and Pocahontas, Spanish ships reached Virginia’s shore. In the centuries that followed, Hispanics and Latinos settled in Virginia to seek new opportunities away from home. The 1980s saw the beginnings of ...
ISBN: 9781625854360
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eBookEnhanced ebook with video and audio - Sal Castro and the Chicano Struggle for Educational Justice
by Mario T. García & Sal Castro
<p>In March 1968, thousands of Chicano students walked out of their East Los Angeles high schools and middle schools to protest decades of inferior and discriminatory education in the so-called "Mexican Schools." During these historic ...
ISBN: 9781469608389
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