{"product_id":"bringing-aztlan-to-mexican-chicago-9780252077357","title":"Bringing Aztlan to Mexican Chicago","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBringing Aztlán to Mexican Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e is the autobiography of Jóse Gamaliel González, an impassioned artist willing to risk all for the empowerment of his marginalized and oppressed community. Through recollections emerging in a series of interviews conducted over a period of six years by his friend Marc Zimmerman, González looks back on his life and his role in developing Mexican, Chicano, and Latino art as a fundamental dimension of the city he came to call home.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBorn near Monterey, Mexico, and raised in a steel mill town in northwest Indiana, González studied art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Notre Dame. Settling in Chicago, he founded two major art groups: El Movimiento Artístico Chicano (MARCH) in the 1970s and Mi Raza Arts Consortium (MIRA) in the 1980s. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWith numerous illustrations, this book portrays González''s all-but-forgotten communi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating personal and artistic odyssey. González's story is about community art and community organizing, how art informs politics, and, conversely, how politics informs art.\"--Victor Alejandro Sorell, University Distinguished Professor of Art History and Associate Dean, College of Arts \u0026amp; Sciences, Chicago State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \"A unique contribution to the story of Latino arts. \u003ci\u003eBringing Aztlán to Mexican Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a highly personal story of one participant's involvement in events that illuminate the difficulties, obstacles, and conflicts he experienced in the arts movement.\"--Theresa Delgadillo, assistant professor of comparative studies at Ohio State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"Gónzalez was a tireless and forceful artist-activist who struggled to promote Latino arts in the community and mainstream.  His life story gives the reader a glipse into the rise of Latino popular art and politics.  His autobiography fills a substantial gap in the cultural history of Chicago's Latino community.\"--\u003ci\u003eLatino Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Editor] Zimmerman has filled an important need to document the life and art of José González . . . . the story, politics, and images are an important part of the history of Chicago and of the Latino community there.\"--\u003ci\u003eStudies in Latin American Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036843737431,"sku":"9780252077357","price":33.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252077357.jpg?v=1750932728","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bringing-aztlan-to-mexican-chicago-9780252077357","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}