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Book SynopsisEmploying a creative mix of real and fictive events, objects, and people that subverts assumptions about the archiving and display of historical artifacts, this innovative book both documents and evokes an arts collective that played a significant role in the Chicano movement.
Trade ReviewThe Accidental Archives of the Royal Chicano Air Force deftly transforms the Sacramento-based, Chicanx art collective’s history into an assemblage of artworks, essays, and documents based on a decade’s worth of material gleaned from interviewing, befriending, and working with its members...Sauer’s engagingly unique book is a welcome alternative to traditional narratives and academic archives. In it, she skillfully takes on the challenge of wrangling a history largely gleaned from conversations. While Sauer admits that the texts should not be 'looked upon as sources of historical truth,' her book nevertheless succeeds in channeling the RCAF’s spirit and voice while also helping to reclaim their role in both California and Chicanx history. * US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal *
