Making AztlĂĄn
Ideology and Culture of the Chicana and Chicano Movement, 1966-1977
Juan Gómez-Quiñones, Irene Våsquez
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Making AztlĂĄn
Ideology and Culture of the Chicana and Chicano Movement, 1966-1977
Juan Gómez-Quiñones, Irene Våsquez
Ă propos de ce livre
This book provides a long-needed overview of the Chicana and Chicano movement's social history as it grew, flourished, and then slowly fragmented. The authors examine the movement's origins in the 1960s and 1970s, showing how it evolved from a variety of organizations and activities united in their quest for basic equities for Mexican Americans in U.S. society. Within this matrix of agendas, objectives, strategies, approaches, ideologies, and identities, numerous electrifying moments stitched together the struggle for civil and human rights. Gómez-Quiñones and Våsquez show how these convergences underscored tensions among diverse individuals and organizations at every level. Their narrative offers an assessment of U.S. society and the Mexican American community at a critical time, offering a unique understanding of its civic progress toward a more equitable social order.