Description: This book deals with a broad range of social issues facing Mexican-origin people in the United States. The studies presented in this volume are brought together by two main themes: social inequalities (cultural, educational, and economic) endured by the Chicano/a and Mexicano/...
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"The second edition of Roberto De Anda's Chicanas and Chicanos in Contemporary Society successfully brings together recent research by young scholars focusing on key characteristics of the Mexican-origin population in the United States. This collection treats all the issues essential to the curriculum and captures the excitement of Chicana/o studies with readings that include multiple theoretical perspectives and research methods. I enthusiastically recommend this book as a useful text for both introductory undergraduate courses and upper division offerings." --Francisco Balderrama, Ph.D., professor of history and Chicano studies at California State University, Los Angeles
"With the increasing number of Chicano/a and Latino/a communities throughout the U.S., and the subsequent increase in Chicana/o and Latina/o studies courses in many universities, comes the need for a reader that addresses the cultural, educational, and economic inequalities faced by Mexican-origin and Latino people in the U.S. The second edition of Roberto De Anda's Chicanas and Chicanos in Contemporary Society is such a reader. This book addresses the key issues of underemployment and the working poor in Latino communities while simultaneously providing positive examples of how Chicanos/as and Latinos/as are overcoming these inequalities by combining aspects of tradition with new strategies in the social, political, and economic institutional realms. This book will be indispensable to courses in Latina/o and Chicana/o studies, race and ethnicity, and diversity/multiculturalism." --José Z. Calderón, Ph.D., professor of sociology and Chicano studies at Pitzer College