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Informationen zum Autor RODOLFO F. ACUNA is a professor of Chicana/o studies at California State University, Northridge. He is the author of numerous books, among them Occupied America: A History of Chicanos, Anything but Mexican: Chicanos in Contemporary Los Angeles, and Corridors of Migration. Klappentext The Making of Chicana/o Studies traces the philosophy and historical development of the discipline from precursor movements to the Civil Rights era to today, focusing on the political machinations in higher education that sought to destroy it. As a renowned leader, activist, scholar, and founding member of the movement to establish this curriculum in the California State University system, which serves as a model for the rest of the country, Rodolfo F. Acuna has, for over four decades, battled the trend in academia to deprive this group of its presence. Zusammenfassung Traces the philosophy and historical development of the field of Chicana/o studies from precursor movements to the Civil Rights era to today, focusing its lens on the political machinations in higher education that sought to destroy the discipline. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Becoming Chicana/o Studies2. The Sixties and the Bean Count3. From Student Power to Chicano Studies4. In the Trenches of Academe5. The Building of Chicano Studies6. Growing a Program7. The Mainstreaming of Chicano Studies8. Getting It Right9. Resisting MainstreamingEpilogueNotesAppendix: Academic Programs in Chicana/o Studies and Related AreasIndex
