{"product_id":"the-chicano-experience-9780268007492","title":"The Chicano Experience","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMirandé offers a detailed examination of Chicano social history and culture that includes studies of: Chicano labor and the economy; the Mexican immigrant and the U.S.-Mexico border conflict; the evolution of Chicano criminality; the American educational system and its impact on Chicano culture; the tensions between the institutional Church and Chicanos; and the myths and misconceptions of machismo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rejecting the use of ‘Mexican-American’ as falsely connoting immigrant status, Mirande emphasizes that Chicanos are an indigenous people and that their significant indio\/mestizo heritage has been neglected. Attaching the immigrant group model which concentrates on acculturation and assimilation, he discusses Chicano labor, criminality, education, the church, the family, and machismo ... an interesting and thought-provoking study.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eThe Chicano Experience\u003c\/i\u003e] offers an understanding of social, cultural, and economic forces shaping the situation of Chicanos—a context absent from much of what has been written about them.” —\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a very interesting book because the subject is interesting, because the treatment of the subject is interesting, and because it is in reality an invitation to sympathy for the Chicano.” —\u003ci\u003eSocial Science Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Mirande’s] sophisticated discussion of the interrelationship of scholarly models and cultural pluralism will be of value to all students of American culture.” —\u003ci\u003eAmerican Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mirande’s major contribution in \u003ci\u003eThe Chicano Experience\u003c\/i\u003e is his proposal of a new perspective that provides for an alternative interpretation of Chicano socio-history, social status, and culture.” —\u003ci\u003eJournal of American Ethnic History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: Toward a Chicano Social Science\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART I DISPLACEMENT OF THE CHICANO\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Chicano Labor and the Economy \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The United States-Mexico Border: A Chicano Perspective on Immigration and Undocumented Workers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 4. El Bandido: The Evolution of Images of Chicano Criminality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Education: Problems, Issues, and Alternatives \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART II CHICANO CULTURE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Church and the Chicano \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. La Familia Chicana \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Machismo \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Epilogue: Toward a Chicano Paradigm \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix. Chicano-Police Conflict: A Case Study \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400714821975,"sku":"9780268007492","price":21.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780268007492.jpg?v=1730471373","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-chicano-experience-9780268007492","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}