Description
Book SynopsisJuan Herrera maps 1960s Chicano Movement activism in the Latinx neighborhood of Fruitvale in Oakland, California, showing how activists there constructed a politics forged through productions of space.
Trade Review“In
Cartographic Memory, Juan Herrera carefully and elegantly examines Chicano movement activism and its legacies in Oakland, California’s Fruitvale neighborhood. . . . In these two ways—its analysis of the movement’s dynamic production of space, and in its focus on Oakland—
Cartographic Memory is a signal achievement.” -- Laura Barraclough * Society and Space *
"This book will helpfully inform the next generation of geographers, activists, and students on the crucial impact space has on social movements, and the ways social movements shape space and place." -- Aída R. Guhlincozzi * Environment, Space, Place *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii
Introduction. Putting Fruitvale on the “Map” 1
1. Making Place 31
2. The Other Minority 61
3. Revolution Interrupted 89
4. Development for the People! 114
5. Mapping Interlinkages 144
Conclusion. Activism in Space-Time 171
Notes 197
References 219
Index 231
