The Chicano experience

Westview Press • Boulder, Colo. • Published In 1979 • Pages: xviii, 318 , plates

By: West, Stanley A., Macklin, June, Vásquez, Irene S., Cardenas, Gilbert, Williams, Brett, Teniente de Costilla, Alvina, Zarrugh, Laura, Kanellos, Nicilás, Urdaneta, María-Lusia, Weeks, John R., Benitez, Joseph Spielberg, Haney, Jane B., Benavides, Alfredo H., Parra, Ricardo, Rios, Victor, Gutiérrez, Armando.

Abstract

In an attempt to correct to some degree a gap in the current knowledge of Chicano culture, the authors of this collection have presented here a series of thirteen papers dealing essentially with immigration and the immigrant's experience in the United States, ethnicity and culture change, and voluntary associations and leadership. The purpose of presenting this collection of papers is fourfold: (1) to add to the knowledge of Chicano communities and cultures in general with specific emphasis on the heterogeneity and within these communities; (2) to add to the knowledge and understanding of how Mexican-Americans have adapted in various urban areas; (3) to add descriptive information and analysis on various urban communities in the Midwest, for which there is little ethnographic information; and (4) to bring an anthropological approach to the understanding of Chicano culture.

HRAF PubDate

2002

Region

North America

Sub Region

Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 1987

Field Date

no date

Coverage Date

ca. 1920s - 1970s

Coverage Place

United States

Notes

Edited by Stanley A. West and June Macklin

Introduction / Stanley A. West and June Macklin -- Early migration from central Mexico to the northern United States / Stanley A. West and Irene S. Vásquez -- Mexican migration to the Midwest / Gilbert Cardenas -- CINCO CHACUACOS: coke ovens and a Mexican village in Pennsylvania / Stanley A. West -- Migrants on the prairie: untangling everyday life / Brett Williams -- LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE and the American dream: the melting pot bubbles on in Toledo, Ohio / June Macklin and Alvina Teniente de Costilla -- Home away from home: the Jacalan community in the San Francisco Bay area / Laura Zarrugh -- Folklore in Chicano theater and Chicano theater as folklore / Nicolás Kanellos --Flesh pots, faith, or finance? fertility rates among Mexican Americans / María-Lusia Urdaneta -- CURANDERSIMO and ESPIRITISMO: complemantary approaches to traditional mental health services / June Macklin -- The cultural demography of midwestern Chicano communities / John R. Weeks and Joseph Spielberg Benitez -- To join or not to join: Chicano agency activity in two Michigan cities / Jane B. Haney -- Homogeneous Mexican-American leadership and heterogenous problems in a midwestern community / Alfredo H. Benavides -- Chicano organizations in the midwest: past, present, and possibilities / Ricardo Parra, Victor Rios, and Armando Gutiérrez

Biographical data on the authors who have contributed to this collection will be found in Category 114, pp. xv-xvii.

Includes bibliographical references and index

LCCN

79004257

LCSH

Mexican Americans