1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450226603321

Autore

LeBeau Bryan F

Titolo

The atheist [[electronic resource] ] : Madalyn Murray O'Hair / / Bryan F. Le Beau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8147-5285-3

0-8147-6516-5

1-4175-8827-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Disciplina

211/.8/092

B

Soggetti

Atheists - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-368) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Out of obscurity -- Murray v. Curlett -- The most hated woman in America -- The atheist -- Why I am an atheist -- Articulating the atheist position -- O'Hair's prominence recedes -- O'Hair retires -- Epilogue : The strange disappearance of Madalyn Murray O'Hair.

Sommario/riassunto

In 1964, Life magazine called Madalyn Murray O'Hair "the most hated woman in America." Another critic described her as "rude, impertinent, blasphemous, a destroyer not only of beliefs but of esteemed values.". In this first full-length biography, Bryan F. Le Beau offers a penetrating assessment of O'Hair's beliefs and actions and a probing discussion of how she came to represent both what Americans hated in their enemies and feared in themselves. Born in 1919, O'Hair was a divorced mother of two children born out of wedlock. She launched a crusade against God, often using foul language as she



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450086803321

Autore

Oropeza Lorena <1964->

Titolo

!Raza si! !guerra no! [[electronic resource] ] : Chicano protest and patriotism during the Viet Nam war era / / Lorena Oropeza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2005

ISBN

1-59734-850-3

0-520-93799-6

1-4175-8512-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

323.1168/72073/09046

Soggetti

Mexican Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century

Mexican Americans - Politics and government - 20th century

Patriotism - United States - History - 20th century

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Protest movements

Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century

Protest movements - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Cornell University.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Terminology; Introduction; Chapter One: "To Be Better and More Loyal Citizens" A Tradition of Mexican American Activism; Chapter Two: "New Wind from the Southwest" Questioning a Political Tradition; Chapter Three: "Branches of the Same Tree" Aztlán and Viet Nam; Chapter Four: "I'd Rather Have My Sons Die for La Raza . . . than in Vietnam" The Making of a Moratorium; Chapter Five: "A Common Goal" The Chicano Moratorium March of August 1970; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This incisive and elegantly written examination of Chicano antiwar mobilization demonstrates how the pivotal experience of activism during the Viet Nam War era played itself out among Mexican Americans. Raza Sil Guerra No! presents an engaging portrait of Chicano protest and patriotism. On a deeper level, the book considers larger themes of American nationalism and citizenship and the role of



minorities in the military service, themes that remain pertinent today. Lorena Oropeza's exploration of the evolution, political trajectory, and eventual implosion of the Chicano campaign against the war