The Aztlan Mexican Studies Reader, 1974-2016 (Paperback)

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Paperback. 1st Place, Best Academic-Themed Book, 2019 International Latino Book Award2nd Place, Best Latino Focused Nonfiction - English, 2019 International Latino Book AwardThis set of essays explores the ongoing cultural and political connections between Chicana/o and Mexican history. Edited and introduced by Hector Calderon, The Aztlan Mexican Studies Reader, 19742016 presents thirteen previously published essays together with three essays written specifically for this collection, making a rigorous case for the contributions of Chicana/o studies to the transnational study of Mexico. The first essay, by Tomas Almaguer, which was also the first to be published, sets the stage with a historical overview that relates how the Chicano movement was rooted in the soil of conquest and colonialism in Mexico. Subsequent essays discuss a range of topics that stress interconnections between Chicana/os and Mexicans: transborder issues such as immigration and labor; Chicana/o and Mexican fiction; femicide and racism in Mexico and their reverberations on both sides of the border; and the development of Mexican art formsincluding muralism, cinema, and musicin Mexico and the United States. 1st Place, Best Academic-Themed Book, 2019 International Latino Book Award2nd Place, Best Latino Focused Nonfiction - English, 2019 International Latino Book AwardThis set of essays explores the ongoing cultural and political connections between Chicana/o and Mexican history. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de ref. del artículo 9780895511690

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Héctor Calderón is chair and professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. His most recent book is Narratives of Greater Mexico.