Chicanismo
Subtitle: the forging of a militant ethos among Mexican Americans
By: Ignacio M. García.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: Mexican Americans -- Politics and government; Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity
Description: In Chicanismo, the first intellectual history of the Chicano Movement and the militant ethos that emerged from it, Ignacio Garcia traces the development of the philosophical strains that guided the movement. Although the idea of Chicanismo would eventually unravel, its ideological strains remain important among Mexican American leaders even today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-170) and index.
Table of contents: title: Rejecting the liberal agenda; title: Reinterpreting the chicano experience; title: Chicanismo : an affirmation of race and class; title: Strategies for aztlán : creating a cultural polity; title: The movement in Robstown; title: The ethos and its legacy.