Book
Across the tracks: Mexican-Americans in a Texas city
Published for the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health by the University of Texas Press • Austin • Published In 1966 • Pages: xxvii, 266
By: Rubel, Arthur J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a general ethnography on Mexican-American life in 'New Lots' (a pseudonym), a city in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. It contains general information and the history of 'New Lots,' information on the family, the PALOMILLA, political behavior, formal organizations, illness behavior and attitudes, and comparative and theoretical information of the nature of social relations. The theoretical conclusion is that '… the anxiety and disaffection which recur … when chicanos discuss their relationships with nonfamily are a function of the incongruity which exists between the family-oriented social system … and the larger and far more complex society with which they must contend' (p. 239). This work has been severely criticized for negatively stereotyping Chicanos and for presenting them as victims of their culture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Family relationships
- Sorcery
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Cliques
- History
- Social relationships and groups
- Elections
- Sodalities
- Theory of disease
- Magical and mental therapy
- Medical therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chicanos
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1986
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1957-1959
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- 'New Lots' city in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Arthur J. Rubel
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-254)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 65021299
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexican Americans