Beyond Aztlan - Barrera, Mario
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Does the achievement of economic equality in a multiethnic society require the complete loss of a minority's cultural identity? Beyond Aztlan argues that American society has historically viewed a distinctive cultural identity as something that an ethnic group gives up in order to achieve economic and political parity. Mexican Americans, who have scored limited gains in their struggle for equality since the 1940s, are proving to be no exception to the rule. However, Barrera compares the situation of Mexican Americans to that of minority groups in four other countries and concludes that equality does not necessarily require assimilation.…mehr

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Does the achievement of economic equality in a multiethnic society require the complete loss of a minority's cultural identity? Beyond Aztlan argues that American society has historically viewed a distinctive cultural identity as something that an ethnic group gives up in order to achieve economic and political parity. Mexican Americans, who have scored limited gains in their struggle for equality since the 1940s, are proving to be no exception to the rule. However, Barrera compares the situation of Mexican Americans to that of minority groups in four other countries and concludes that equality does not necessarily require assimilation.
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Autorenporträt
Mario Barrera is Professor Emeritus of Chicano/Latino Studies at the Department of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley. He has published numerous articles in professional journals and has written and edited a number of books, including Race and Class in the Southwest (Notre Dame Press, 1979), and History, Culture and Society. He also produced the documentary film Chicano Park, 1988.