Beyond Aztlan

Ethnic Autonomy in Comparative Perspective

AvMario Barrera

Inbunden, Engelska, 1988

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Does the achievement of economic equality in a multiethnic society require the complete loss of a minority's cultural identity? Beyond Aztlan argues that American society has historically viewed a distinctive cultural identity as something that an ethnic group gives up in order to achieve economic and political parity. Mexican Americans, who have scored limited gains in their struggle for equality since the 1940s, are proving to be no exception to the rule. However, Barrera compares the situation of Mexican Americans to that of minority groups in four other countries and concludes that equality does not necessarily require assimilation.

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Utgivningsdatum:1988-11-14
Mått:145 x 222 x 17 mm
Vikt:453 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:221
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780275929237

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Mario Barrera is professor of ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Race and Class in the Southwest (1979). He received his PhD in political science from Berkeley in 1970, and was one of the founders of the National Association for Chicano Studies in 1973.

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"[B]arrera addresses many issues, questions many of the answers given by Chicano organizations and movements in their quest for Aztlan, and provides much food for thought. Anyone interested in the issues of ethnic equality with cultural maintenance or regional autonomy would do well to read this book, if not for its answers, then perhaps for its questions." - American Journal of Sociology

Innehållsförteckning

The History of Chicano Ethnic Goals Introduction: Goals, Dilemmas, and Autonomy The Emergence of Chicano Ethnic Goals The Shift to Equality The Chicano Movement and the Revival of Community Postmovement Trends: Fragmentation, Radicalization, Retraditionalization A Comparative Analysis Unintended Consequences and Internal Contradictions Learning from Experience, Part I: Canada and China Learning from Experience, Part II: Switzerland and Nicaragua In Search of Aztlan Bibliography Index