{"product_id":"the-chicano-experience-an-alternative-perspective-paperback-softback-9780268007492","title":"The Chicano Experience; An Alternative Perspective (Paperback \/ softback) 9780268007492","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Chicano Experience\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Alternative Perspective\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlfredo Mirandé (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780268007492\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 February 1985\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e282 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.381 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mirande's major contribution in \u003ci\u003eThe Chicano Experience\u003c\/i\u003e is his proposal of a new perspective that provides for an alternative interpretation of Chicano socio-history, social status, and culture.\" —\u003ci\u003eJournal of American Ethnic History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e[Mirande's] sophisticated discussion of the interrelationship of scholarly models and cultural pluralism will be of value to all students of American culture.\" —\u003ci\u003eAmerican Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a very interesting book because the subject is interesting, because the treatment of the subject is interesting, and because it is in reality an invitation to sympathy for the Chicano.\" —\u003ci\u003eSocial Science Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eThe Chicano Experience\u003c\/i\u003e] offers an understanding of social, cultural, and economic forces shaping the situation of Chicanos—a context absent from much of what has been written about them.\" —\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Rejecting the use of 'Mexican-American' as falsely connoting immigrant status, Mirande emphasizes that Chicanos are an indigenous people and that their significant indio\/mestizo heritage has been neglected. Attaching the immigrant group model which concentrates on acculturation and assimilation, he discusses Chicano labor, criminality, education, the church, the family, and machismo ... an interesting and thought-provoking study.\" —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMirandé offers a detailed examination of Chicano social history and culture that includes studies of: Chicano labor and the economy; the Mexican immigrant and the U.S.-Mexico border conflict; the evolution of Chicano criminality; the American educational system and its impact on Chicano culture; the tensions between the institutional Church and Chicanos; and the myths and misconceptions of \"machismo.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: Toward a Chicano Social Science\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART I DISPLACEMENT OF THE CHICANO\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Chicano Labor and the Economy \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The United States-Mexico Border: A Chicano Perspective on Immigration and Undocumented Workers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 4. El Bandido: The Evolution of Images of Chicano Criminality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Education: Problems, Issues, and Alternatives \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART II CHICANO CULTURE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Church and the Chicano \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. La Familia Chicana \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Machismo \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Epilogue: Toward a Chicano Paradigm \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix. Chicano-Police Conflict: A Case Study \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52526104641816,"sku":"9780268007492","price":20.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-chicano-experience-an-alternative-perspective-paperback-softback-9780268007492","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}