| Description |
1 online resource (349 pages) |
| Series |
Latinidad : transnational cultures in the United States |
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Latinidad : transnational cultures in the United States
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| Contents |
Becoming Chicana/o studies -- The sixties and the bean count -- From student power to Chicana/o studies -- In the trenches of academe -- The building of Chicana/o studies -- Growing a program -- The mainstreaming of Chicana/o studies -- Getting it right -- Resisting mainstreaming : survival of Chicana/o studies |
| Summary |
The Making of Chicana/o Studies traces the philosophy and historical development of the discipline from precursor movements to the Civil Rights era to today, focusing on the political machinations in higher education that sought to destroy it. As a renowned leader, activist, scholar, and founding member of the movement to establish this curriculum in the California State University system, which serves as a model for the rest of the country, Rodolfo F. Acu±a has, for over four decades, battled the trend in academia to deprive this group of its presence |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Mexican Americans -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Hispanic American Studies.
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Mexican Americans -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010041967 |
| ISBN |
9780813550701 |
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081355070X |
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128386472X |
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9781283864725 |
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0813550017 |
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9780813550015 |
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