The Chicano Experience: An Alternative Perspective / Edition 1

by Alfredo Mirandé

Overview

Mirandé offers a detailed examination of Chicano social history and culture that includes studies of: Chicano labor and the economy; the Mexican immigrant and the U.S.-Mexico border conflict; the evolution of Chicano criminality; the American educational system and its impact on Chicano culture; the tensions between the institutional Church and Chicanos; and the myths and misconceptions of "machismo."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780268007492
Publisher:	University of Notre Dame Press
Publication date:	02/18/1985
Series:	Alternative Perspective
Edition description:	1
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.59(d)

About the Author

Alfredo Mirandé is professor of sociology at the University of California, Riverside.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Toward a Chicano Social Science

PART I DISPLACEMENT OF THE CHICANO
1. Chicano Labor and the Economy
2. The United States-Mexico Border: A Chicano Perspective on Immigration and Undocumented Workers
3. El Bandido: The Evolution of Images of Chicano Criminality
4. Education: Problems, Issues, and Alternatives

PART II CHICANO CULTURE
5. The Church and the Chicano
6. La Familia Chicana
7. Machismo

Epilogue: Toward a Chicano Paradigm
Appendix: Chicano-Police Conflict: A Case Study
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Rejecting the use of ‘Mexican-American’ as falsely connoting immigrant status, Mirande emphasizes that Chicanos are an indigenous people and that their significant indio/mestizo heritage has been neglected. Attaching the immigrant group model which concentrates on acculturation and assimilation, he discusses Chicano labor, criminality, education, the church, the family, and machismo ... an interesting and thought-provoking study.” —Library Journal

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