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Author: Beatrice Zamora
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Published: 2020-03
Total Pages: 54
ISBN-13: 9780981695037
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis bilingual book tells the story of the founding of Chicano Park in San Diego, California. The community Take Over of land that had been ravished by the construction of Interstate 5 and the Coronado Bridge has now become a National Landmark hosting murals of international acclaim and stands as a symbol of self-determination and culture.
Author: Randy J. Ontiveros
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0814738842
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReexamining the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s, In the Spirit of a New People brings to light new insights about social activism in the twentieth-century and new lessons for progressive politics in the twenty-first. Randy J. Ontiveros explores the ways in which Chicano/a artists and activists used fiction, poetry, visual arts, theater, and other expressive forms to forge a common purpose and to challenge inequality in America. Focusing on cultural politics, Ontiveros reveals neglected stories about the Chicano movement and its impact: how writers used the street press to push back against the network news; how visual artists such as Santa Barraza used painting, installations, and mixed media to challenge racism in mainstream environmentalism; how El Teatro Campesino’s innovative “actos,” or short skits,sought to embody new, more inclusive forms of citizenship; and how Sandra Cisneros and other Chicana novelists broadened the narrative of the Chicano movement. In the Spirit of a New People articulates a fresh understanding of how the Chicano movement contributed to the social and political currents of postwar America, and how the movement remains meaningful today.
Author: Beatrice Zamora
Publisher:
Published: 2021-06-14
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780981695068
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAm I Blue or Am I Green- ¿Azul o verde, cual soy yo? is a children's bilingual (Spanish and English) book that explores, through the eyes of a child, the differences between the Red, White and Blue of the American flag and the Green, White and Red of the Mexican flag. Topics covered include: Identity, Citizen Child, Chicano-Latino-Mexican-American Identity, Immigrant Identity, Bilingual (Spanish-English), Undocumented/Unauthorized Status, Mixed Status Family, Citizenship, Mexican Cultural Traditions, BIPOC, Resilience and Freedom. This bilingual (English/Spanish) children's book explores the feelings of a child who is an American Citizen and whose parents are Undocumented Immigrants. The child examines his life where he enjoys the American experience and lives in a home where his parents speak Spanish and practice the traditions of Mexico. Although he enjoys baseball and soccer, reggae and Rock en Español, he feels the fear of his parent's uncertain status. He explores the difference between being American and being an immigrant, and he acknowledges the "limbo" status that so many immigrants experience of not fully belonging to either country. Ultimately, he reaches an elegant solution, a coming to terms with his life and the richness he draws from two distinct cultural heritages. He is a symbol of resiliency and pride. This book focuses upon the Mexican- American/Chicano/a immigrant experience, but it is one that all immigrant communities can relate to while also providing an inside view from the child's point of view. It is fun and light-hearted while also emotional and moving at times. This is a great read for children in mixed status homes, for immigrant parents, for teachers and community members who interface with immigrant populations. It is an Insightful view of the challenging world of the child of immigrant parents in the United States and the beauty of resilience.
Author: Luis J. Rodriguez
Publisher: Children's Book Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780892392032
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReluctantly a young boy becomes more and more involved in the activities of a local gang, until a tragic event involving his cousin forces him to make a choice about the course of his life.
Author: Rafaela Castro
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001-11-15
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780195146394
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published under title: Dictionary of Chicano folklore. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, c2000.
Author: Gloria Amescua
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2021-08-17
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 1683357388
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAward-winning illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh brings to life debut author Gloria Amescua's lyrical biography of an indigenous Nahua woman from Mexico who taught and preserved her people's culture through modeling for famous artists She was Luz Jiménez, child of the flower-song people, the powerful Aztec, who called themselves Nahua— who lost their land but who did not disappear. As a young Nahua girl in Mexico during the early 1900s, Luz learned how to grind corn in a metate, to twist yarn with her toes, and to weave on a loom. By the fire at night, she listened to stories of her community’s joys, suffering, and survival, and wove them into her heart. But when the Mexican Revolution came to her village, Luz and her family were forced to flee and start a new life. In Mexico City, Luz became a model for painters, sculptors, and photographers such as Diego Rivera, Jean Charlot, and Tina Modotti. These artists were interested in showing the true face of Mexico and not a European version. Through her work, Luz found a way to preserve her people's culture by sharing her native language, stories, and traditions. Soon, scholars came to learn from her. This moving, beautifully illustrated biography tells the remarkable story of how model and teacher Luz Jiménez became “the soul of Mexico”—a living link between the indigenous Nahua and the rest of the world. Through her deep pride in her roots and her unshakeable spirit, the world came to recognize the beauty and strength of her people. The book includes an author’s note, timeline, glossary, and bibliography.
Author: Patrick Livingston
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2015-08-08
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781515313533
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Day at Bob-lo Set in the mid 60s, A Day at Bob-lo is a 24 hour odyssey that captures the lives of Americans and Canadians as they meet and mingle on a hot summer day at an amusement park on an island in the Detroit River. The action begins in the wee hours of the morning at the Detroit dock as the Night Gang crew of the SS Columbia struggle to clean up the ship for the coming day. A sense of mystery is introduced as one of the gang senses an apparition in the river's haze. The morning unfolds with the introduction of crew members, entertainers, island employees and park patrons - as they make their way onto the Bob-lo scene. Soon the boat is on its way for its 90 minute cruise from downtown Detroit to the island and the fun begins amidst ominous portents. The afternoon is full of adventures of both the expected and unexpected variety as the paths of many of the players cross as the day heats up. A summer squall comes out of nowhere to nearly drive the ship ashore and threatens to close the park. But, as the sun and heat return and the rides restart, the strange events begin to build toward a reaction stage: The ship is experiencing a shifting channel; the company mascot, Captain Bob-lo, has gotten into the bandleader's dago red and begins to morph into a legendary being out of the city's past; The Columbia's First Mate enters into counter warfare with his nemesis, the Purser; and the dj of CKLW radio, doing a farewell live remote from the island, discovers that his engineer is on the way to Bob-lo with the intent of doing him great bodily harm. As darkness falls, the players merge at the park's infamous roller coaster for a last ride with the coolly pathological operator Eddie before getting on the last boat home. The boat ride is even more fraught with peril and, as the hijacked SS Columbia drifts powerless towards a radio tower dangling over the river, we know that this has been no ordinary day at Bob-lo Island. It is left to Nick and Tom, the bike boys, to try to save the day while winning the girls away from the Night Gang.
Author: Armando B. Rendón
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Maceo Montoya
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Published: 2016-09-13
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1939994659
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs the heyday of the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s to early 70s fades further into history and as more and more of its important figures pass on, so too does knowledge of its significance. Thus, Chicano Movement For Beginners is an important attempt to stave off historical amnesia. It seeks to shed light on the multifaceted civil rights struggle known as “El Movimiento” that galvanized the Mexican American community, from laborers to student activists, giving them not only a political voice to combat prejudice and inequality, but also a new sense of cultural awareness and ethnic pride. Beyond commemorating the past, Chicano Movement For Beginners seeks to reaffirm the goals and spirit of the Chicano Movement for the simple reason that many of the critical issues Mexican American activists first brought to the nation’s attention then—educational disadvantage, endemic poverty, political exclusion, and social bias—remain as pervasive as ever almost half a century later.
Author: Eva Sperling Cockcroft
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780826314482
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver the past twenty-five years, Chicano artists have made a unique contribution to public art in California, transforming thousands of walls into colorful artworks that express the dreams, achievements, aspirations, and cultural identity of the Mexican-American community. Signs From the Heart tells the inside story of this new and important American art form in four interpretive essays by noted Chicano scholars about its historical, artistic, and educational significance.
