Carlos F. Ortega – författare

This book attempts to dismantle the unfounded Eurocentric view of US-born and immigrant Mexican peoples, that groups together the identities of Latinx, Chicanx, and other indigenous peoples of the Southwest into Hispanics whose contributions to the cultural, historical, and social development of the Southwest are marginalized or made non-existent.The narrative and performative legacies that tourism and fantasy heritage produce are promulgated and consumed by both Latinx and non-Latinx peoples and cultures. This book endeavors to expose these productions through analysis of on-the-ground resistance in the service and spirit of intercultural dialogue and change. This book will offer a precise set of recommendations for breaking away from these practices and thus forming new, veritable identities.With a strongly heritage-oriented discourse, this book on deconstructing Eurocentric representation of Mexican people and their culture will appeal to academics and scholars of heritage tourism, Chicano studies, Southwest studies and Native American studies courses.

This book attempts to dismantle the unfounded Eurocentric view of US-born and immigrant Mexican peoples, that groups together the identities of Latinx, Chicanx, and other indigenous peoples of the Southwest into Hispanics whose contributions to the cultural, historical, and social development of the Southwest are marginalized or made non-existent.The narrative and performative legacies that tourism and fantasy heritage produce are promulgated and consumed by both Latinx and non-Latinx peoples and cultures. This book endeavors to expose these productions through analysis of on-the-ground resistance in the service and spirit of intercultural dialogue and change. This book will offer a precise set of recommendations for breaking away from these practices and thus forming new, veritable identities.With a strongly heritage-oriented discourse, this book on deconstructing Eurocentric representation of Mexican people and their culture will appeal to academics and scholars of heritage tourism, Chicano studies, Southwest studies and Native American studies courses.

Chicano Studies is an anthology that will begin your journey of introduction into the field of Chicano Studies as an academic discipline that for the last thirty years has sought to tell the story of Chicanos in the United States. This anthology attempts to capture in five sections the salient features and dynamics of the Chicano experience emerging in the new millennium. The historical struggle and achievements of the Chicano are presented first. Those antecedents are followed by an examination of the current characteristics and challenges of the Chicano demographic profile in areas like immigration, politics, education, environmental justice, the fine arts, and socioeconomic development.This interdisciplinary text draws from a wide range of experts in various fields that enable the reader to acquire a substantial understanding of the extant issues and challenges faced by a Chicano population that constitutes two-thirds of the 50.5 million Hispanics in the United States. Its quest for equity and full participation in American society in the midst of global change is examined through the prism of specific academic disciplines, theories, and practice.ChicanoStudies includes the following instructional features:Assessment modules after each major sectionRecommended readingsRecommended films and documentariesA list of web site links to organizations concernedwith the Mexican origin population in the U.S.