Mexicans in California : transformations and challenges /

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Imprint:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2009.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Mexican Americans -- California -- Social conditions -- Congresses. Mexicans -- California -- Social conditions -- Congresses. Immigrants -- California -- Social conditions -- Congresses. Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Congresses. California -- Emigration and immigration -- Congresses. California -- Ethnic relations -- Congresses. California -- Social conditions -- Congresses. Social change -- California -- Congresses. Emigration and immigration. Ethnic relations. Immigrants -- Social conditions. Mexican Americans -- Social conditions. Mexicans -- Social conditions. Social change. Social conditions. California. Mexico. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11099357

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Other authors / contributors:	Gutiérrez, Ramón A., 1951- Zavella, Patricia.
ISBN:	9780252091421 0252091426 9780252034114 9780252076077 1283059983 9781283059985 0252034112 9780252034114 0252076079 9780252076077
Notes:	Based on presentations made at a conference held Sept. 11-12, 2003, sponsored by the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States along with the UC Committee on Latino Research. Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-241) and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	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. Contributors are Brenda D. Arellano, Leo R. Chavez, Yvette G. Flores, Ramón A. Gutiérrez, Aída Hurtado, Olga Nájera-Ramírez, Chon A. Noriega, Manuel Pastor Jr., Armida Ornelas, Russell W. Rumberger, Daniel G. Solórzano, Enriqueta Valdez Curiel, and Abel Valenzuela Jr.
Other form:	Print version: Mexicans in California 9780252034114 (cloth : alk. paper)

Table of Contents:

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 BorderBibliography
Contributors
Index

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