Table of Contents
Preface to the Fourth Edition ix
The Dissension of Other Things Chon A. Noriega 1
I Decolonizing the Territory
Introduction Eric Avila 7
Toward an Operational Definition of the Mexican American Fernando Peñalosa 11
Toward a Perspective on Chicano History Juan Gómez-Quinones 18
Los Desarraigados: Chicanos in the Midwestern Region of the United States Gilberto Cárdenas 47
Recent Chicano Historiography: An Interpretive Essay Alex M. Saragoza 67
Chicano Cinema and the Horizon of Expectations: A Discursive Analysis of Film Reviews in the Mainstream, Alternative, and Hispanic Press, 1987-1988 Chon A. Noriega 105
Refiguring Aztlán Rafael Pérez-Torres 122
The Curandera of Conquest: Gloria Anzaldúa's Decolonial Remedy George Hartley 137
II Performing Politics
Introduction Karen Mary Davalos 155
Chicano Teatro: A Background Jorge A. Huerta 161
Folklore, Lo Mexicano, and Proverbs Américo Paredes 171
Mexican Muralism: Its Social-Educative Roles in Latin America and the United States Shifra M. Goldman 176
A Perspective for a Study of Religious Dimensions in Chicano Experience: Bless Me, Ultima as a Religious Text David Carrasco 187
Mexican American Home Altars: Toward Their Interpretation Kay F. Turner 200
Self-Fashioning through Glamour and Punk in East Los Angeles: Patssi Valdez in Asco's Instant Mural and A La Mode Marci R. McMahon 212
III (Re)Configuring Identities
Introduction Chela Sandoval 233
Chicanas and El Movimiento Adaljiza Sosa Riddell 245
Unraveling America's Hispanic Past: Internal Stratification and Class Boundaries
Ramón A. Gutiérrez 255
Beyond Indifference and Antipathy: The Chicana Movement and Chicana Feminist Discourse Denise A. Segura Beatriz M. Pesquera 261
Chicana Identity Matters Deena J. González 273
Latino Performance and Identity David Román 282
"USA Is Trespassing in New Mexico": La Alianza Federal de Mercedes and the Subaltern Historiography of Indo-Hispano Mestizaje Simón Ventura Trujillo 292
IV Remapping the World
Introduction Rafael Pérez-Torres 313
Political Familism: Toward Sex-Role Equality in Chicano Families Maxine Baca Zinn 318
Chicano Critical Discourse: An Emerging Cultural Practice Angie Chabram-Dernersesian 328
Mapping the Spanish Language along a Multiethnic and Multilingual Border Rosaura Sánchez 350
The Folklore of the Freeway: Space, Culture, and Identity in Postwar Los Angeles Eric Avila 380
Chicana/o Studies and Anthropology: The Dialogue That Never Was Karen Mary Davalos 390
Toward a Mariposa Consciousness: Reimagining Queer Chicano and Latino Identities Daniel Enrique Párez 408
V Continuing to Push Boundaries
Introduction Chon A. Noriega 431
Illegal Status and Social Citizenship: Thoughts on Mexican Immigrants in a Postnational World Adelaida R. Del Castillo 433
Gender, Order, and Femicide: Reading the Popular Culture of Murder in Cuidad Juárez Steven S. Volk Marian E. Schlotterbeck 445
"El Destierro de los Chinos": Popular Perspectives on Chinese-Mexican Intermarriage in the Early Twentieth Century Robert Chao Romero 467
Prosthesis, Surrogation, and Relation in Arturo Islas's The Rain God John Alba Cutler 489
Spatializing Sexuality in Jaime Hernandez's Locos Jessica E. Jones 505
Contested Cowboys: Ethnic Mexican Charros and the Struggle for Suburban Public Space in 1970s Los Angeles Laura R. Barraclough 525
The Necessary Theater of the Royal Chicano Air Force Ella Maria Diaz 544
VI Generations Against Exclusion
Introduction Charlene Villasenor Black 565
"Our Children Get So Different Here": Film, Fashion, Popular Culture, and the Process of Cultural Syncretization in Mexican Los Angeles, 1900-1935 Douglas Monroy 569
The 1968 Edcouch-Elsa High School Walkout: Chicano Student Activism in a South Texas Community. James B. Barrera 584
Chicana/o Students Respond to Arizona's Anti-Ethnic Studies Bill, SB 1108: Civic Engagement, Ethnic Identity, and Well-Being Anna Ochoa O'Leary Andrea J. Romero 602
What Happens in Vegas Does Not Stay in Vegas: Youth Leadership in the Immigrant Rights Movement in Las Vegas, 2006 Anita Tijerina Revilla 620
Undocumented Youth Activism as Counter-Spectacle: Civil Disobedience and Testimonio in the Battle around Immigration Reform Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales 639
Using Photovoice with Farmworker Children and Youth: A Methodology for Understanding Sociopolitical Mental Health Issues Natalie Deeb-Sossa Yvette G. Flores 655
Teatro vs. Trump: Children in South Central Los Angeles Fight Back Silvia Rodriguez Vega 679
Contributors 685
Index 695