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Title

Chicano popular culture : que hable el pueblo / Charles M. Tatum.

Author

Tatum, Charles M.

Publication

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2001.

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Description

xxviii, 212 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Over the past several decades, Mexican Americans have made an indelible mark on American culture. Now Charles Tatum explores the broad and complex arena of popular culture among Americans of Mexican descent and explains what popular culture can tell them about themselves." "Reviewing a range of expressive arts, from traditional forms to electronic media, Tatum explains the differences and similarities between Chicano popular culture and that of other ethnic groups or of Anglo society and shows how Chicano arts reflect a people's traditions and heritage." "Chicano Popular Culture invites readers to share the excitement of these vital arts and through them, to learn more about the uniqueness of America's fastest-growing minority."--Jacket.

Series Statement

The Mexican American experience

Uniform Title

The Mexican American experience.

Subject

• Mexican Americans > Social life and customs
• Mexican Americans > Intellectual life
• Popular culture > United States > History
• Mexican American arts > History
• Mexican Americans in literature
• Mexican Americans in motion pictures
• Culture in motion pictures

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-201) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : the study of popular culture -- Labels and terms -- Historical background -- Organization of this book -- Suggested readings -- 1. Definitions and theoretical approaches to popular culture -- Definitions of popular culture -- Theoretical approaches to popular culture -- Discussion questions -- Suggested readings -- 2. Music -- Popular Hispanic folk music of the Southwest -- Música Tejana -- Chicano music on the west coast -- Trans-regional Chicano music -- Discussion questions -- Suggested readings -- 3. Cinema -- Race and ethnicity in American movies -- Hollywood's portrayal of Mexicans and Mexican Americans from the 1910s through the 1970s -- Chicano cinema -- Chicano feature-length films since the 1970s -- Hollywood Hispanic films -- The current state of Chicanos in U.S. cinema -- Appendix : Chicano cinema of the late 1960s through the 1990s -- Discussion questions -- Suggested readings -- 4. Newspapers, radio, and television -- Newspapers -- Radio -- Television -- Discussion questions -- Suggested readings -- 5. Popular literature -- Popular writers pre-1965 -- The Chicano movement and the forming of an artistic consciousness -- The ascendancy of popular writing by Chicanas -- Current Chicano popular literature -- Discussion questions -- Suggested readings -- 6. Art, celebrations, and other popular traditions -- Popular art -- Celebrations -- Other popular traditions -- Discussion questions -- Suggested readings.

ISBN

0816519838 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^2001001220

OCLC

46364632

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library