Chicanas and Chicanos in Contemporary Society

Herausgeber: de Anda, Roberto M.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book deals with a broad range of social issues facing Mexican-origin people in the United States. The studies presented in this volume are brought together by two main themes: social inequalities (cultural, educational, and economic) endured by the Chicano/a and Mexicano/a community in the United States, and the community's efforts to eradicate the source of those inequalities.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780742519336
• ISBN-10: 0742519333
• Artikelnr.: 21431198

Autorenporträt

Roberto M. De Anda is an assistant professor in the Chicano/Latino Studies Program at Portland State University. He is the author of several articles and book chapters on underemployment among workers of Mexican descent.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 I The Mexican-Origin Population and Employment Chapter 2 The
Demography of Mexicans in the United States Chapter 3 Shortchanged in the
Labor Market: Underemployed Mexican-Origin Men Part 4 II Ethnic Identity
Formation and Education: The Experiences of Children and Teachers Chapter 5
Learning Manito Discourse: Children's Stories and Identity in Northern New
Mexico Chapter 6 Teacher Narratives of Movimiento Ideology and Bilingual
Education Part 7 III Chicana and Mexican Mothers' Involvement with
Children, Family, and Politics Chapter 8 Exploring Parental Involvement
among Mexican American and Latina Mothers Chapter 9 Chicana Teen Mothers:
Acculturation, Social Support, and Perceptions of Motherhood Chapter 10
"Let's Unite So That Our Children Are Better Off Than Us": Mexican
American/Mexican Immigrant Women Organizing for Bilingual Education Part 11
IV Social Issues in the Chicano/Mexicano Community Chapter 12 Of Corridos
and Convicts: Gringo In(Justice) in Early Border Ballads and Contemporary
Pinto Poetry Chapter 13 Festejando Community: Celebrating Fiesta Mexicana
in Woodburn, Oregon Chapter 14 Liberation Theology and Social Change:
Chicanas and Chicanos in the Catholic Church

Rezensionen

The second edition of Roberto De Anda's Chicanas and Chicanos in Contemporary Society successfully brings together recent research by young scholars focusing on key characteristics of the Mexican-origin population in the United States. This collection treats all the issues essential to the curriculum and captures the excitement of Chicana/o studies with readings that include multiple theoretical perspectives and research methods. I enthusiastically recommend this book as a useful text for both introductory undergraduate courses and upper division offerings. -- Francisco Balderrama, Ph.D., professor of history and Chicano studies at California State University, Los Angeles With the increasing number of Chicano/a and Latino/a communities throughout the U.S., and the subsequent increase in Chicana/o and Latina/o studies courses in many universities, comes the need for a reader that addresses the cultural, educational, and economic inequalities faced by Mexican-origin and Latino people in the U.S. The second edition of Roberto De Anda's Chicanas and Chicanos in Contemporary Society is such a reader. This book addresses the key issues of underemployment and the working poor in Latino communities while simultaneously providing positive examples of how Chicanos/as and Latinos/as are overcoming these inequalities by combining aspects of tradition with new strategies in the social, political, and economic institutional realms. This book will be indispensable to courses in Latina/o and Chicana/o studies, race and ethnicity, and diversity/multiculturalism. -- Jose Z. Calderon, Ph.D., professor of sociology and Chicano studies at Pitzer College