LEADER 04172nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910823789803321 005 20240516120343.0 010 $a1-283-86472-X 010 $a0-8135-5070-X 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813550701 035 $a(CKB)2670000000151161 035 $a(EBL)860790 035 $a(OCoLC)777375525 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606500 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11433973 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606500 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10582496 035 $a(PQKB)10642854 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC860790 035 $a(OCoLC)808778112 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16154 035 $a(DE-B1597)529599 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813550701 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL860790 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10535577 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL417722 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000151161 100 $a20101005d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe making of Chicana/o studies$b[electronic resource] $ein the trenches of academe /$fRodolfo F. Acun?a 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (349 p.) 225 0 $aLatinidad : transnational cultures in the United States 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-5001-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBecoming Chicana/o studies -- The sixties and the bean count -- From student power to Chicana/o studies -- In the trenches of academe -- The building of Chicana/o studies -- Growing a program -- The mainstreaming of Chicana/o studies -- Getting it right -- Resisting mainstreaming : survival of Chicana/o studies. 330 $aThe Making of Chicana/o Studies traces the philosophy and historical development of the field of Chicana/o studies from precursor movements to the Civil Rights era to today, focusing its lens on the political machinations in higher education that sought to destroy the discipline. As a renowned leader, activist, scholar, and founding member of the movement to establish this curriculum in the California State University system, which serves as a model for the rest of the country, Rodolfo F. Acuņa has, for more than forty years, battled the trend in academia to deprive this group of its academic presence. The book assesses the development of Chicana/o studies (an area of studies that has even more value today than at its inception)--myths about its epistemological foundations have remained uncontested. Acuņa sets the record straight, challenging those in the academy who would fold the discipline into Latino studies, shadow it under the dubious umbrella of ethnic studies, or eliminate it altogether. Building the largest Chicana/o studies program in the nation was no easy feat, especially in an atmosphere of academic contention. In this remarkable account, Acuņa reveals how California State University, Northridge, was instrumental in developing an area of study that offers more than 166 sections per semester, taught by 26 tenured and 45 part-time instructors. He provides vignettes of successful programs across the country and offers contemporary educators and students a game plan--the mechanics for creating a successful Chicana/o studies discipline--and a comprehensive index of current Chicana/o studies programs nationwide. Latinas/os, of which Mexican Americans are nearly seventy percent, comprise a complex sector of society projected to be just shy of thirty percent of the nation's population by 2050. The Making of Chicana/o Studies identifies what went wrong in the history of Chicana/o studies and offers tangible solutions for the future. 606 $aMexican Americans$xStudy and teaching (Higher)$xHistory 615 0$aMexican Americans$xStudy and teaching (Higher)$xHistory. 676 $a973/.046872 700 $aAcun?a$b Rodolfo$0684041 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823789803321 996 $aThe making of Chicana$93929753 997 $aUNINA