04865nam 2200805Ia 450 991096981210332120200520144314.097866130599879781283059985128305998397802520914210252091426(CKB)3390000000006632(EBL)3413914(SSID)ssj0000544283(PQKBManifestationID)11381934(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000544283(PQKBWorkID)10535248(PQKB)10325326(OCoLC)748779220(MdBmJHUP)muse23749(Au-PeEL)EBL3413914(CaPaEBR)ebr10532386(CaONFJC)MIL305998(OCoLC)923493729(MiAaPQ)EBC3413914(Perlego)2382909(EXLCZ)99339000000000663220080815d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMexicans in California transformations and challenges /edited by Ramon A. Gutierrez and Patricia Zavella ; with the assistance of Denise Segura, Dolores Trevizo, and Juan Vicente Palerm1st ed.Urbana University of Illinois Pressc20091 online resource (265 p.)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.9780252034114 0252034112 9780252076077 0252076079 Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-241) and index.""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""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 Solórzano, Enriqueta Valdez Curiel, and Abel Valenzuela Jr. Mexican AmericansCaliforniaSocial conditionsCongressesMexicansCaliforniaSocial conditionsCongressesImmigrantsCaliforniaSocial conditionsCongressesSocial changeCaliforniaCongressesMexicoEmigration and immigrationCongressesCaliforniaEmigration and immigrationCongressesCaliforniaEthnic relationsCongressesCaliforniaSocial conditionsCongressesMexican AmericansSocial conditionsMexicansSocial conditionsImmigrantsSocial conditionsSocial change305.868/720794Gutierrez Ramon A.1951-1151137Zavella Patricia994549MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910969812103321Mexicans in California4367457UNINA