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Title Mexicans in California : transformations and challenges / edited by Ramón A. Gutiérrez and Patricia Zavella.

Publication Info. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2009.

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Note Based on presentations made at a conference held Sept. 11-12, 2003, sponsored by the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States along with the UC Committee on Latino Research.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-241) and index.
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. WORK AND POVERTY -- 1. Poverty, Work, and Public Policy: Latino Futures in California's New Economy -- 2. Working Day Labor: Informal and Contingent Employment -- PART II. EDUCATION AND ACHIEVEMENT -- 3. Understanding and Addressing the California Latino Achievement Gap in Early Elementary School -- 4. Reaffirming Affirmative Action: An Equal Opportunity Analysis of Advanced Placement Courses and University Admissions
5. Chicano Struggles for Racial Justice: The Movement's Contribution to Social Theory 6. Lifting As We Climb: Educated Chicanas' Social Identities and Commitment to Social Action -- PART III. CULTURE AND SELF-PRESERVATION -- 7. The Quebec Metaphor, Invasion, and Reconquest in Public Discourse on Mexican Immigration -- 8. Prime-Time Protest: Latinos and Network Television -- 9. The Politics of Passion: Poetics and Performance of La Cancion Ranchera -- PART IV. CULTURE AND VIOLENCE
10. Conflict Resolution and Intimate Partner Violence among Mexicans on Both Sides of the BorderBibliography -- Contributors -- Index
Summary Numbering over a third of California's population and thirteen percent of the U.S. population, people of Mexican ancestry represent a hugely complex group with a long history in the country. Contributors explore a broad range of issues regarding California's ethnic Mexican population, including their concentration among the working poor and as day laborers; their participation in various sectors of the educational system; social problems such as domestic violence; their contributions to the arts, especially music; media stereotyping; and political alliances and alignments. Contributors are Brenda D. Arellano, Leo R. Chavez, Yvette G. Flores, Ramón A. Gutiérrez, Aída Hurtado, Olga Nájera-Ramírez, Chon A. Noriega, Manuel Pastor Jr., Armida Ornelas, Russell W. Rumberger, Daniel G. Solórzano, Enriqueta Valdez Curiel, and Abel Valenzuela Jr.
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Subject Mexican Americans -- California -- Social conditions -- Congresses.
Mexican Americans.
California.
Social conditions.
Mexicans -- California -- Social conditions -- Congresses.
Mexicans.
Immigrants -- California -- Social conditions -- Congresses.
Immigrants.
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Congresses.
Mexico.
Emigration and immigration.
California -- Emigration and immigration -- Congresses.
California -- Ethnic relations -- Congresses.
Ethnic relations.
California -- Social conditions -- Congresses.
Social change -- California -- Congresses.
Social change.
Immigrants -- Social conditions.
Mexican Americans -- Social conditions.
Mexicans -- Social conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Gutiérrez, Ramón A., 1951-
Zavella, Patricia.
Other Form: Print version: Mexicans in California 9780252034114 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2008034993
ISBN 9780252091421 epub
0252091426
9780252034114 cloth : alkaline paper
9780252076077 paperback : alkaline paper
1283059983 (electronic book)
9781283059985 (electronic book)
0252034112 (electronic book)
9780252034114
0252076079 (electronic book)
9780252076077