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Books on: chicanos

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Rebellious Lawyering: One Chicano's Vision of Progressive Law Practice

Book by Gerald P. López; Westview Press, 1992

Subjects:

Community Organization--United States, Minority Lawyers--United States, Practice Of Law--United States, Public Interest Law--United States, Social Action--United States

Collections: Entire Library

...Editors Rebellious Lawyering: One Chicanos Vision of Progressive Law Practice...Teson -iv- Rebellious Lawyering One Chicanos Vision of Progressive Law Practice...1948- Rebellious lawyering : one Chicanos vision of progressive law practice...
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Latinos and the Political System

Book by F. Chris Garcia; University of Notre Dame Press, 1988

Subjects:

Hispanic Americans--Politics And Government, United States--Politics And Government--1981-1989

Collections: History, Entire Library

...11 2. Chicanos in the United States: A History of Exploitation...Political Orientations and Behaviors of Chicanos: Trying to Make Sense Out of Attitudes...328 20. Chicanos and the Legislative Process: Reality...
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Toward a Chicano Social Science

Book by Irene I. Blea; Praeger, 1988

Subjects:

Mexican Americans--Social Conditions, United States--Social Conditions--1980-

Collections: History, Entire Library

Chicano Studies and the Social Sciences Social Stratification by Race, Class, and Gender Social-Cultural Profile Mexican American Female Experience Social Control and the Chicano Experience Electoral and Nonelectoral Politics Toward a Renewed Social Science
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Chicana Leadership: The Frontiers Reader

Book by Yolanda Flores Niemann, Susan H. Armitage, Patricia Hart, Karen Weathermon; University of Nebraska Press, 2002

Subjects:

Leadership--United States, Mexican American Women--Ethnic Identity, Mexican American Women--Political Activity, Mexican American Women--Social Conditions, Sex Role--Political Aspects--United States, Sex Role--United States, United States--Ethnic Relations, United States--Social Conditions--1980-

Collections: History, Entire Library

Chicana Leadership features fifteen essays from the notable women's journal Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies that demonstrate the strength and diversity of Chicanas as well as their continuing struggle to have their voices heard. Noted scholars discuss issues ranging from the feminist prototype ...
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Chicana Leadership features fifteen essays from the notable women's journal Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies that demonstrate the strength and diversity of Chicanas as well as their continuing struggle to have their voices heard. Noted scholars discuss issues ranging from the feminist prototype La Malinche to Chicana writers and national ideology, from gender and identity to ideas of culture and romance, and from tokenism to the diversity within the Chicana community.
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Shot in America: Television, the State, and the Rise of Chicano Cinema

Book by Chon A. Noriega; University of Minnesota Press, 2000

Subjects:

Mexican Americans In Motion Pictures, Mexican Americans In The Motion Picture Industry, Mexican Americans On Television

Collections: Entire Library

...cultural infraction! As Hollywood continues to shoot Chicanos, Chicanos will have to shoot right back. Harry Gamboa Jr...cultural identity that emerges along a border placing Chicanos outside the U.S. national imaginary. As Anzaldua...

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Journal Articles on: chicanos

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Religiosity and Fertility: the Case of Chicanas

Journal article by Georges Sabagh; Social Forces, Vol. 59, 1980

Subjects:

Social Problems, Social Service

Collections: Entire Library

...Mexican American women) married to Chicanos and interviewed in Los Angeles in 1973...account for the higher fertility of Chicanos (Americans of Mexican or Southwest Hispanic...descent). Being predominantly Catholics, Chicanos are not only an ethnic group but also...
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The Figure of the 'Vato Loco' and the Representation of Ethnicity in the Narratives of Oscar Z. Acosta

Journal article by James Smethurst; MELUS, Vol. 20, 1995

Subjects:

Acosta, Oscar Z.--Criticism, interpretation, etc., American literature--Mexican American authors, Ethnicity in literature--Analysis

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...his two narratives. In the first place, Acosta underscores regional differences among Chicanos and between Chicanos and Mexicans. Northern Californian Chicanos consider Texan Chicanos "inauthentic"; Southern Californian Chicanos speak similarly...
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Teatro Chicano and the Seduction of Nostalgia

Journal article by Catherine Wiley; MELUS, Vol. 23, 1998

Subjects:

American literature--Mexican American authors, Mexican Americans--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Playwriting--Political aspects

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...nationality) and material poverty.(1) Chicanos ancestors left Mexican territory for...But Mexico exerts a different power for Chicanos than the homeland does for other ethnic...three plays stage the confrontation of Chicanos with Mexico as well as the confrontation...
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The Mexican American Employee: A Growing Labor Force

Journal article by Paul Kavanaugh, Pail Retish; Public Personnel Management, Vol. 22, 1993

Subjects:

Human resource management--Social aspects, Mexican Americans--Employment, Mexicans in the United States--Employment

Collections: Entire Library

...harmful preconceptions is that Mexicans and Chicanos are mired at the bottom of the socioeconomic...and Anglo expectations of employment. Chicanos in significant numbers, were less confident...employment. ...80% of the unemployed Chicanos in the sample indicated that their reluctance...
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Encountering Visions of Aztlan: Arguments for Ethnic Pride, Community Activism and Cultural Revitalization in Chicano Murals

Journal article by Margaret R. Laware; Argumentation and Advocacy, Vol. 34, 1998

Subjects:

Mexican American art--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Mexican Americans--Attitudes, Street art--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...of liberation and social justice for Chicanos/as. Placed within a visual context of...symbols that represented the traditions of Chicanos/as, traditions that distinguished them...California (of all nationalities, not just Chicanos) through the use of strikes. Aztlan...

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Magazine Articles on: chicanos

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Los Angels: Ascendant Chicano Power

Magazine article by Marta Lopez-Garza; Report on the Americas, Vol. 26, 1992

Subjects:

Latin America, Latin America--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Latin America

Collections: Entire Library

...Through the Chicano Movement, many Chicanos experienced a heightened consciousness...their Mexican roots. Many young Chicanos and Chicanas renounced their parents...political party designed to empower Chicanos through the ballot. In the early...
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Beyond Borders Culture, Movement and Bedlam on Both Sides of the Rio Grande

Magazine article by Rubén Marténez; NACLA Report on the Americas, Vol. 30, 1997

Subjects:

Latin America, Latin America--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Latin America

Collections: Entire Library

...of mestizaje, in which Indians and Chicanos can put together a cultural package...choosing. Virgin of Guadalupe. Wed say Chicanos are a bunch of stupid pochos with...loss of their Indian past, they see Chicanos and their supposed identity crisis as...
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Chicano

Magazine article by Mark M. Johnson; Arts & Activities, Vol. 131, May 2002

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Indian and African influences. For many Chicanos, their ancestral roots on American soil...drawing, sculpture and printmaking. Chicanos and their art have sustained a strong...that is Americana. The contributions of Chicanos have been so enormous, but they tend...
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California after Racial Preferences

Magazine article by Martin Trow; Public Interest, Spring 1999

Subjects:

California--Schools, Discrimination in education--Laws, regulations, etc., Minority college students--Laws, regulations, etc., The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Universities and colleges--Admission, University of California--Race relations

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...decline of 178, or about 19 percent. Among Chicanos, the largest preferred group before Proposition...campuses. The biggest drop in the numbers of Chicanos occurred at UC Berkeley, Los Angeles...true figure. For example, the "declared" Chicanos comprise 9 percent of the total enrollment...
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Left Turns in the Chicano Movement, 1965-1975

Magazine article by Jorge Mariscal; Monthly Review, Vol. 54, July 2002

Subjects:

Right and left (Political science)--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...Mexican-American radicalism. Although few Chicanos/as traveled to socialist Cuba during...Chicano icon, and by the end of 1969 Chicanos and Chicanas were among those young Americans...called third world seminars in which Chicanos/as exchanged ideas with representatives...

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Newspaper Articles on: chicanos

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Cops Can't Fix All the 'Scum' on City Streets

Newspaper article by Fred Reed; The Washington Times, March 4, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...neon lights, loud thumpa-thumpa music and dangerous-looking Chicanos leaning against walls. The cops wanted me to see Linda...the chubby white guy who molested pre-teen Chicano girls. Why Chicanos? The officers didnt know. It was just what he did. They couldnt...
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Arizona Makes English Official; 74 Percent OK State Language Ballot Initiative

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 9, 2006

Subjects:

Referendum, Referendums

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...designated English as their official language. Despite its passage by a nearly 3-1 margin, Lorraine Lee, executive vice president of Chicanos Por La Causa, an Arizona-based nonprofit community-development corporation, said it sends a bad message to immigrants trying...
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Club Promotes Culture with Style; Aztek Riderz Members Spend Hours, Money Customizing Their Cars

Newspaper article; Sarasota Herald Tribune, September 23, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...individuality and Chicano identity, style not speed. You take an ordinary assembly-line car and make it your own, Mario Ramirez said. Chicanos -- Mexican-Americans who have lived north of the border for generations -- began cruising lowriders in Los Angeles in the 1940s...
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Luis Jimenez; Mexican Culture Shaped His Art

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 17, 2006

Subjects:

Jimenez, Luis

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...fiesta dancers, rodeo queens and scenes of working-class life. Though vibrant and emotionally resonant, his representations of Chicanos can seem stereotypical and as preachy about the common man as a WPA mural. In "Vaquero," Mr. Jimenez portrays the rider as...
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How One Clan Fared in West Virginia's Melting Pot

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 7, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the hills and the home of the hill lovers." He laments todays fragmentation by race, and ethnic groups demands to be known as Chicanos, Latinos, African-Americans and so forth. "It is an insult to be so classified," Gonzalez insists. "This definition is used...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: chicanos

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Ethnic Studies

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...political problems and solutions, and encouragement of artistic endeavors. To a lesser extent, other minorities, especially Chicanos (Mexican Americans) and other Hispanic Americans, have obtained similar course offerings. ____________________ The Columbia...
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Ghetto

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...concentration camps for liquidation; the Warsaw (Poland) ghetto was a prime example. In the United States, African Americans, Chicanos, and immigrant groups have been forced to live in ghettos through economic and social forces rather than being required to...

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