Mexicans in California : transformations and challenges / / edited by Ramon A. Gutierrez and Patricia Zavella ; with the assistance of Denise Segura, Dolores Trevizo, and Juan Vicente Palerm

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910829117903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2009
• ISBN: 1-283-05998-3; 9786613059987; 0-252-09142-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GutierrezRamon A. <1951->; ZavellaPatricia
• Disciplina: 305.868/720794
• Soggetti: Mexican Americans - California - Social conditions; Mexicans - California - Social conditions; Immigrants - California - Social conditions; Social change - California; Mexico Emigration and immigration Congresses; California Emigration and immigration Congresses; California Ethnic relations Congresses; California Social conditions Congresses
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Based on presentations made at a conference "Latinos in California II" 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.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-241) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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 Border""""Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""