In the Spirit of a New People : The Cultural Politics of the Chicano Movement / Randy J. Ontiveros.
2013
E184.M5 O58 2016
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Title
In the Spirit of a New People : The Cultural Politics of the Chicano Movement / Randy J. Ontiveros.
Author
Ontiveros, Randy J., author.
ISBN
9780814738887
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource : 9 black and white illustrations
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10.18574/nyu/9780814738849.001.0001 doi
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E184.M5 O58 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.046872
Summary
Reexamining 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.
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American Literatures Initiative ; ; 6
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Art and History of the Chicano Movement
1. Antennas and Mimeograph Machines: Postwar Mass Media and the Chicano/a Street Press
2. Green Aztlán: Environmentalism and the Chicano/a Visual Arts
3. Immigrant Actos: Citizenship and Performance in El Teatro Campesino
4. After Words: Sandra Cisneros's Caramelo and the Evolution of Chicano/a Cultural Politics
Notes
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Art and History of the Chicano Movement
1. Antennas and Mimeograph Machines: Postwar Mass Media and the Chicano/a Street Press
2. Green Aztlán: Environmentalism and the Chicano/a Visual Arts
3. Immigrant Actos: Citizenship and Performance in El Teatro Campesino
4. After Words: Sandra Cisneros's Caramelo and the Evolution of Chicano/a Cultural Politics
Notes
Index
About the Author