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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779087703321

Autore

Hayes-Bautista David

Titolo

El Cinco de Mayo : An American Tradition / / David Hayes-Bautista

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

1-280-11566-1

9786613520746

0-520-95179-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Disciplina

394.262

Soggetti

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects

Hispanic Americans - History - 19th century - California

Hispanic Americans - Ethnic identity - California

Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday) - Social aspects - United States

Puebla, Battle of, Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico, 1862 - Social aspects - United States

Puebla, Battle of, Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico, 1862 - Press coverage - United States

Puebla, Battle of, Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico, 1862-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. Before the American Civil War -- 2. The First Battle of Puebla, 1862 -- 3. The American Civil War and the Second Battle of Puebla -- 4. The Juntas Patrióticas Mejicanas Blossom -- 5. One War, Three Fronts -- 6. Shaping and Reshaping the Cinco de Mayo, 1868-2011 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why is Cinco de Mayo-a holiday commemorating a Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862-so widely celebrated in California and across the United States, when it is scarcely observed in Mexico? As David E. Hayes-Bautista explains, the holiday is not Mexican at all, but rather an American one, created by Latinos in California during the mid-nineteenth century. Hayes-Bautista shows how the meaning of Cinco de Mayo has shifted over time-it embodied immigrant nostalgia



in the 1930's, U.S. patriotism during World War II, Chicano Power in the 1960's and 1970's, and commercial intentions in the 1980's and 1990's. Today, it continues to reflect the aspirations of a community that is engaged, empowered, and expanding.