The Chicano experience

Westview PressBoulder, 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.
Subjects
Internal migration
External migration
Labor supply and employment
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
Child care
Settlement patterns
Housing
Priesthood
Congregations
Religious denominations
Social relationships and groups
Sodalities
Conception
Musical and theatrical productions
Drama
culture
Chicanos
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