Mexicans in California : transformations and challenges / edited by Ramón A. Gutiérrez and Patricia Zavella.

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9781283059985
9780252034114
9780252076077

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F870 .M495 2009

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Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. WORK AND POVERTY -- 1. Poverty, Work, and Public Policy: Latino Futures in California's New Economy -- 2. Working Day Labor: Informal and Contingent Employment -- PART II. EDUCATION AND ACHIEVEMENT -- 3. Understanding and Addressing the California Latino Achievement Gap in Early Elementary School -- 4. Reaffirming Affirmative Action: An Equal Opportunity Analysis of Advanced Placement Courses and University Admissions

PART III. CULTURE AND SELF-PRESERVATION -- 7. The Quebec Metaphor, Invasion, and Reconquest in Public Discourse on Mexican Immigration -- 8. Prime-Time Protest: Latinos and Network Television -- 9. The Politics of Passion: Poetics and Performance of La Cancion Ranchera -- PART IV. CULTURE AND VIOLENCE

Contributors -- Index

Subject: Numbering over a third of California's population and thirteen percent of the U.S. population, people of Mexican ancestry represent a hugely complex group with a long history in the country. Contributors explore a broad range of issues regarding California's ethnic Mexican population, including their concentration among the working poor and as day laborers; their participation in various sectors of the educational system; social problems such as domestic violence; their contributions to the arts, especially music; media stereotyping; and political alliances and alignments. Contributors are Brenda D. Arellano, Leo R. Chavez, Yvette G. Flores, Ramón A. Gutiérrez, Aída Hurtado, Olga Nájera-Ramírez, Chon A. Noriega, Manuel Pastor Jr., Armida Ornelas, Russell W. Rumberger, Daniel G. Solórzano, Enriqueta Valdez Curiel, and Abel Valenzuela Jr.

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Based on presentations made at a conference held Sept. 11-12, 2003, sponsored by the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States along with the UC Committee on Latino Research.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. WORK AND POVERTY -- 1. Poverty, Work, and Public Policy: Latino Futures in California's New Economy -- 2. Working Day Labor: Informal and Contingent Employment -- PART II. EDUCATION AND ACHIEVEMENT -- 3. Understanding and Addressing the California Latino Achievement Gap in Early Elementary School -- 4. Reaffirming Affirmative Action: An Equal Opportunity Analysis of Advanced Placement Courses and University Admissions

5. Chicano Struggles for Racial Justice: The Movement's Contribution to Social Theory 6. Lifting As We Climb: Educated Chicanas' Social Identities and Commitment to Social Action -- PART III. CULTURE AND SELF-PRESERVATION -- 7. The Quebec Metaphor, Invasion, and Reconquest in Public Discourse on Mexican Immigration -- 8. Prime-Time Protest: Latinos and Network Television -- 9. The Politics of Passion: Poetics and Performance of La Cancion Ranchera -- PART IV. CULTURE AND VIOLENCE

10. Conflict Resolution and Intimate Partner Violence among Mexicans on Both Sides of the BorderBibliography -- Contributors -- Index

Numbering over a third of California's population and thirteen percent of the U.S. population, people of Mexican ancestry represent a hugely complex group with a long history in the country. Contributors explore a broad range of issues regarding California's ethnic Mexican population, including their concentration among the working poor and as day laborers; their participation in various sectors of the educational system; social problems such as domestic violence; their contributions to the arts, especially music; media stereotyping; and political alliances and alignments. Contributors are Brenda D. Arellano, Leo R. Chavez, Yvette G. Flores, Ramón A. Gutiérrez, Aída Hurtado, Olga Nájera-Ramírez, Chon A. Noriega, Manuel Pastor Jr., Armida Ornelas, Russell W. Rumberger, Daniel G. Solórzano, Enriqueta Valdez Curiel, and Abel Valenzuela Jr.

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