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Book SynopsisLessons from an Activist Intellectual provides examples of how an academician can combine the roles of teacher, researcher, and activist with a community-based critical pedagogy for democracy and empowerment.
Trade ReviewTaken together, these articles provide a blueprint for activist-intellectuals who seek to bridge the gap that often exists between the academy and surrounding communities. -- Pitzer College
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Inclusion or Exclusion: One Immigrant’s Experience of Cultural and Structural Barriers to Power Sharing and Unity By José Zapata Calderón Chapter 2. Lessons from an Activist Intellectual: Participatory Research, Teaching, and Learning for Social Change By José Zapata Calderón Chapter 3. Latinos and Ethnic Conflict in Suburbia: The Case of Monterey Park By José Zapata Calderón Chapter 4. Language Struggles in a Changing California Community By José Zapata Calderón and John Horton Chapter 5. How the English Only Initiative Passed in California By José Zapata Calderón Chapter 6. “Hispanic” and “Latino”: The Viability of Categories for Panethnic Unity By José Zapata Calderón Chapter 7. Situational Identity of Suburban Mexican American Politicians in a Multi-Ethnic Community By José Zapata Calderón Chapter 8. Multi-Ethnic Coalition Building in a Diverse School District By José Zapata Calderón Chapter 9. Doing Sociology: Connecting the Classroom Experience with a Multi-Ethnic School District By José Zapata Calderón and Betty Farrell Chapter 10. Partnership in Teaching and Learning: Combining Critical Pedagogy with Civic Engagement and Diversity By José Zapata Calderón Chapter 11. A Multicultural and Critical Perspective on Teaching through Community: A Dialogue with José Calderón of Pitzer College By Sandra Enos Chapter 12. Organizing Immigrant Workers: Action Research and Strategies in the Pomona Day Labor Center By José Zapata Calderón, Suzanne F. Foster, and Silvia L. Rodriguez Chapter 13. Immigration Raids in the Inland Empire: A Historical Pattern and Its Responses By José Zapata Calderón Chapter 14. Linking Critical Democratic Pedagogy, Multiculturalism, and Service Learning to a Project-Based Approach By José Zapata Calderón and Gilbert R. Cadena Chapter 15. Civic Engagement: A Tool for Building Democracy By José Zapata Calderón Chapter 16. Perspective-Taking as a Tool for Building Democratic Societies By José Zapata Calderón Chapter 17. Latin@s and Social Movements in the Obama Years By José Zapata Calderón Chapter 18. One Activist Intellectual’s Experience in Surviving and Transforming the Academy By José Zapata Calderón Chapter 19. The Commonalities in Our Past Transform Pedagogy for the Future By José Zapata Calderón
