Rewriting the Chicano Movement New Histories of Mexican American Activism in the Civil Rights Era

Info autore

Mario T. Garcia is Distinguished Professor of Chicano Studies and History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of more than twenty books on Chicano history, most recently The Making of a Mexican American Mayor: Raymond L. Telles of El Paso and the Origins of Latino Political Power and Father Luis Olivares - A Biography: Faith Politics and the Origins of the Sanctuary Movement in Los Angeles. He is a Guggenheim Fellow.

Ellen McCracken is a professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at University of California, Santa Barbara, specializing in U.S. Latino and Latin American literature. Her books include New Latina Narrative, The Life and Writing of Fray AngÉlico ChÁvez, and Paratexts and Performance in the Novels of Junot DÍaz and Sandra Cisneros.

Riassunto

A collection of powerful new essays on the Chicano Movement that expand and revise our understanding of the movement. These essays capture the commitment, courage, and perseverance of movement activists, both men and women, and their struggles to achieve the promises of American democracy.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Mario T. García (Editore), Ellen McCracken (Editore), Mario T. Garcia (Editore), Mario T García (Editore)
• Editore: The University of Arizona Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.03.2021
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia della cultura; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Demologia; Saggistica > Storia > Altro
• EAN: 9780816541454
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-4145-4
• Numero di pagine: 280
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.2 x 22.8 x 2 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 405 g