Book
Mexican-Americans of south Texas
Holt, Rinehart and Winston • New York • Published In 1973 • Pages: xii, 124
By: Madsen, William, Guerrero, Andre, Hidalgo Project On Differential Culture Change And Mental Health.
Abstract
This book is a general description of Mexican-American life in Hidalgo county, Texas in the 1960's. The author concentrates on variations in lifestyles caused by differences in acculturation and social class status. The book contains information on the area and its history, problems of culture conflict, values and world view, immigration, social classes, the family, religion, beliefs about health, witchcraft, curers and physicians, folk psychotherapy, education, political behavior, progress, and an epilogue on the Chicano movement. This book has been severely criticized by Chicano scholars for negatively stereotyping Chicanos and for presenting them as victims of their cultural values.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Anthropologist
- Educator
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Marlene Martin ; 1986
- Field Date
- 1957-1961
- Coverage Date
- eighteenth century - 1960s
- Coverage Place
- Hidalgo County, south Texas, United States
- Notes
- William Marsden ; epilogue by Andre Guerrero
- Research conducted by the staff of the Hidalgo Project on Differential Culture Change and Mental Health from 1957 to 1961
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-124)
- LCCN
- 73002824
- LCSH
- Mexican Americans