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Mexicans in California : transformations and challenges / edited by Ramon A. Gutierrez and Patricia Zavella ; with the assistance of Denise Segura, Dolores Trevizo, and Juan Vicente Palerm.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mexican Americans--California--Social conditions--Congresses.
- Mexican Americans.
- Mexicans--California--Social conditions--Congresses.
- Mexicans.
- Immigrants--California--Social conditions--Congresses.
- Immigrants.
- Social change--California--Congresses.
- Social change.
- Mexico--Emigration and immigration--Congresses.
- Mexico.
- California--Emigration and immigration--Congresses.
- California.
- California--Ethnic relations--Congresses.
- California--Social conditions--Congresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Numbering over a third of California's population and thirteen percent of the U.S. population, people of Mexican ancestry represent a hugely complex group with a long history in the country. Contributors explore a broad range of issues regarding California's ethnic Mexican population, including their concentration among the working poor and as day laborers; their participation in various sectors of the educational system; social problems such as domestic violence; their contributions to the arts, especially music; media stereotyping; and political alliances and alignments. Contributors are Brenda D. Arellano, Leo R. Chavez, Yvette G. Flores, Ramón A. Gutiérrez, Aída Hurtado, Olga Nájera-Ramírez, Chon A. Noriega, Manuel Pastor Jr., Armida Ornelas, Russell W. Rumberger, Daniel Solórzano, Enriqueta Valdez Curiel, and Abel Valenzuela Jr.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I. WORK AND POVERTY""; ""1. Poverty, Work, and Public Policy: Latino Futures in California's New Economy""; ""2. Working Day Labor: Informal and Contingent Employment""; ""PART II. EDUCATION AND ACHIEVEMENT""; ""3. Understanding and Addressing the California Latino Achievement Gap in Early Elementary School""; ""4. Reaffirming Affirmative Action: An Equal Opportunity Analysis of Advanced Placement Courses and University Admissions""
- ""5. Chicano Struggles for Racial Justice: The Movement's Contribution to Social Theory """"6. ""Lifting As We Climb"": Educated Chicanas' Social Identities and Commitment to Social Action""; ""PART III. CULTURE AND SELF-PRESERVATION""; ""7. The Quebec Metaphor, Invasion, and Reconquest in Public Discourse on Mexican Immigration""; ""8. Prime-Time Protest: Latinos and Network Television""; ""9. The Politics of Passion: Poetics and Performance of La Cancion Ranchera""; ""PART IV. CULTURE AND VIOLENCE""
- ""10. Conflict Resolution and Intimate Partner Violence among Mexicans on Both Sides of the Border""""Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Based on presentations made at a conference "Latinos in California II" held Sept. 11-12, 2003, sponsored by the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States along with the UC Committee on Latino Research.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-241) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613059987
- 9781283059985
- 1283059983
- 9780252091421
- 0252091426
- OCLC:
- 748779220
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