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Book SynopsisThis revised, second edition of The Chicano Experience offers a new interpretation of the social, cultural, and economic forces that shape the situation of Chicanos today.
For more than thirty years, and now in its ninth printing, Alfredo Mirandé's The Chicano Experience has captivated readers with its groundbreaking analysis of Chicanos in the United States. Although its original context differs markedly from the current demographic landscape, it remains no less relevant todayLatinos have emerged as the largest minority population in the United States. With updated chapters revised in light of contemporary scholarship, this second edition speaks to the Chicano of today, in addition to puertoriqueños, Central Americans, and other groups who share common experiences of colonization, racialization, and, especially in the last decade, demonization.
In this foundational text, Mirandé develops a comprehensive framework for Chicano sociology that, in atten
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“Alfredo Mirandé’s The Chicano Experience is the 1985 landmark study devoted to the creation of Chicano sociology. The updated version will shape the dialogue for future generations.” —Robert J. Durán, author of The Gang Paradox
“The Chicano Experience is a strident call for a complete revamping of all social science methodology in the field of Chicano politics.” —Benjamin Márquez, author of The Politics of Patronage
"Filled with the latest research and current theorizing on racialization, the new edition of The Chicano Experience rises to the top rank of books about Chicanos and other Latinos in the twenty-first century." —Maxine Baca Zinn, co-author of Diversity in Families
"The Chicano Experience: An Alternative Perspective . . . offers fundamental sociological perspectives of the lives of the largest minority group in the United States. This edition provides a new interpretation of social, cultural, and economic drivers that shape Chicano/Latino lives today. —UC Riverside News
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Toward a Chicano Social Science
PART I DISPLACEMENT OF THE CHICANO
1. Chicano Labor and the Economy
2. The United States-Mexico Border: A Chicano Perspective on Immigration and Undocumented Workers
3. El Bandido: The Evolution of Images of Chicano Criminality
4. Education: Problems, Issues, and Alternatives
PART II CHICANO CULTURE
5. The Church and the Chicano
6. La Familia Chicana
7. Machismo
Epilogue: Toward a Chicano Paradigm
Appendix: Chicano-Police Conflict: A Case Study
Notes
Bibliography
Index
