Mexicans in California
Transformations and Challenges
Published on 7. May 2009
264 pages
978-0-252-09142-1 (ISBN)
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Numbering over a third of California's population and thirteen percent of the U.S. population, people of Mexican ancestry represent a hugely complex group with a long history in the country. Contributors explore a broad range of issues regarding California's ethnic Mexican population, including their concentration among the working poor and as day laborers; their participation in various sectors of the educational system; social problems such as domestic violence; their contributions to the arts, especially music; media stereotyping; and political alliances and alignments._x000B__x000B_Contributors are Brenda D. Arellano, Leo R. Chavez, Yvette G. Flores, Ramón A. Gutierrez, AÃda Hurtado, Olga Najera-RamÃrez, Chon A. Noriega, Manuel Pastor Jr., Armida Ornelas, Russell W. Rumberger, Daniel G. Solórzano, Enriqueta Valdez Curiel, and Abel Valenzuela Jr.
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART I. WORK AND POVERTY
- 1. Poverty, Work, and Public Policy: Latino Futures in California's New Economy
- 2. Working Day Labor: Informal and Contingent Employment
- PART II. EDUCATION AND ACHIEVEMENT
- 3. Understanding and Addressing the California Latino Achievement Gap in Early Elementary School
- 4. Reaffirming Affirmative Action: An Equal Opportunity Analysis of Advanced Placement Courses and University Admissions
- 5. Chicano Struggles for Racial Justice: The Movement's Contribution to Social Theory
- 6. "Lifting As We Climb": Educated Chicanas' Social Identities and Commitment to Social Action
- PART III. CULTURE AND SELF-PRESERVATION
- 7. The Quebec Metaphor, Invasion, and Reconquest in Public Discourse on Mexican Immigration
- 8. Prime-Time Protest: Latinos and Network Television
- 9. The Politics of Passion: Poetics and Performance of La Cancion Ranchera
- PART IV. CULTURE AND VIOLENCE
- 10. Conflict Resolution and Intimate Partner Violence among Mexicans on Both Sides of the Border
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index
