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Viva La Raza! :Chicano Identity and Resistance
Alaniz, Yoland and Cornish, MeganReleased 2006-12-01
íViva la Raza! reconstructs the history of a group with an increasingly significant presence in U.S. politics, labor, and education. At the same time, it is a revealing analysis of the workings of race and nationality in the United States, and a vital contribution to developing a socialist perspective that meets the needs of our time.
Las Hijas De Juan : Daughters Betrayed (Paperback)
Mendez-Negrete, JosieReleased 2006-11-01
Las hijas de Juan shatters the silence surrounding experiences of incest within a working-class Mexican American family. Both a feminist memoir and a hopeful meditation on healing, it is Josie Méndez-Negrete’s story of how she and her siblings and mother survived years of violence and sexual abuse at the hands of her father.
Cholo Style : Homies, Homegirls and LA Raza (Paperback)
Berrios, ReynaldoReleased 2006-10-01
With over 150 photographs, illustrations, and letters, the sharply designed Cholo Style presents the fast-expanding Chicano barrio culture from its most authentic and street-credible perspective.
No One Is Illegal : Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border (Paperback)
Chacon, Justin Akers and Davis, MReleased 2006-04-01
Davis and Akers Chacon challenge the racist politics of vigilante groups like the Minutemen, and argue for a pro-immigrant and pro-worker agenda that recognizes the urgent need for international solidarity and cross-border alliances in building a renewed labor movement.
Because I Don't Have Wings: Stories of Mexican Immigrant Life
Garrison, PhilipReleased 2006-04-01
Garrison relates horrific tales of border crossings gone badly, but what he really wants to convey is the often hidden feelings of his friends who live a five-day drive away from their homeland. Some sleep in shifts in two--bedroom trailers, some under tarps, but they always reassure newcomers that "yes, you really do get accustomed to life here." What keeps them going, Garrison believes, is el pinche mexicano, a state of mind that means one is simultaneously cursed and blessed. With trips home all but impossible due to border tightening after 9/11, this is really the only community these workers can count on.
Spilling the Beans in Chicanolandia : Conversations with Writers and Artists
Aldama, FrederickReleased 2006-03-01
This book presents far-ranging interviews with twenty-one "second wave" Chicano/a poets, fiction writers, dramatists, documentary filmmakers, and playwrights. Some are mainstream, widely recognized creators, while others work from the margins because of their sexual orientations or their controversial positions. Frederick Luis Aldama draws out the artists and authors on both the aesthetic and the sociopolitical concerns that animate their work.
Chronicles of Panchita Villa, other Guerrilleras: Essays on Chicana/Latina Lit
Rebolledo, TeyReleased 2006-01-01
In this collection of essays, Tey Diana Rebolledo brings together both old and new works to give a state-of-the-moment look at the still largely unanswered questions raised by vigilant women of color throughout the last half of the twentieth century.
Mestizaje : Critical Uses of Race in Chicano Culture (Paperback)
Perez-Torres, RafaelReleased 2005-12-01
Focusing on the often unrecognized role race plays in expressions of Chicano culture, Mestizaje is a provocative exploration of the volatility and mutability of racial identities. In this important moment in Chicano studies, Rafael Pérez-Torres reveals how the concepts and realities of race, historical memory, the body, and community have both constrained and opened possibilities for forging new and potentially liberating multiracial identities.