Research Catalog

Title

In the spirit of a new people : the cultural politics of the Chicano movement / Randy J. Ontiveros.

Author

Ontiveros, Randy J.

Publication

New York : New York University Press, [2014]

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Details

Description

viii, 233 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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. Randy J. Ontiveros is Associate Professor of English and an affiliate in U.S. Latina/o Studies and Women's Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park"--

Subject

• Chicano movement
• Mexican Americans > Social conditions
• Mexican Americans > Politics and government
• Mexican American art
• Social movements in art
• United States > Social conditions > 1960-1980

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : The art and history of the Chicano Movement -- Antennas and mimeograph machines : Postwar mass media and the Chicano/a Street Press -- Green Aztlon : environmentalism and the Chicano/a visual arts -- Immigrant Actos : citizenship and performance in El Teatro Campesino -- Sandra Cisneros's Caramelo and the transformation of the Chicano movement

Call Number

IEE (Mexicans) 14-574

ISBN

• 9780814738849 (hardback : acid-free paper)
• 0814738842 (hardback : acid-free paper)
• 9780814738771 (paperback : acid-free paper)
• 081473877X (paperback : acid-free paper)

LCCN

2013017724

OCLC

843454920

Author

Ontiveros, Randy J.

Title

In the spirit of a new people : the cultural politics of the Chicano movement / Randy J. Ontiveros.

Publisher

New York : New York University Press, [2014]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

IEE (Mexicans) 14-574