Table of Contents

Preface to the Fourth Edition ix

The Dissension of Other Things Chon A. Noriega 1

I Decolonizing the Territory

Introduction Eric Avila 7

Toward an Operational Definition of the Mexican American Fernando Peñalosa 11

Toward a Perspective on Chicano History Juan Gómez-Quinones 18

Los Desarraigados: Chicanos in the Midwestern Region of the United States Gilberto Cárdenas 47

Recent Chicano Historiography: An Interpretive Essay Alex M. Saragoza 67

Chicano Cinema and the Horizon of Expectations: A Discursive Analysis of Film Reviews in the Mainstream, Alternative, and Hispanic Press, 1987-1988 Chon A. Noriega 105

Refiguring Aztlán Rafael Pérez-Torres 122

The Curandera of Conquest: Gloria Anzaldúa's Decolonial Remedy George Hartley 137

II Performing Politics

Introduction Karen Mary Davalos 155

Chicano Teatro: A Background Jorge A. Huerta 161

Folklore, Lo Mexicano, and Proverbs Américo Paredes 171

Mexican Muralism: Its Social-Educative Roles in Latin America and the United States Shifra M. Goldman 176

A Perspective for a Study of Religious Dimensions in Chicano Experience: Bless Me, Ultima as a Religious Text David Carrasco 187

Mexican American Home Altars: Toward Their Interpretation Kay F. Turner 200

Self-Fashioning through Glamour and Punk in East Los Angeles: Patssi Valdez in Asco's Instant Mural and A La Mode Marci R. McMahon 212

III (Re)Configuring Identities

Introduction Chela Sandoval 233

Chicanas and El Movimiento Adaljiza Sosa Riddell 245

Unraveling America's Hispanic Past: Internal Stratification and Class Boundaries

Ramón A. Gutiérrez 255

Beyond Indifference and Antipathy: The Chicana Movement and Chicana Feminist Discourse Denise A. Segura Beatriz M. Pesquera 261

Chicana Identity Matters Deena J. González 273

Latino Performance and Identity David Román 282

"USA Is Trespassing in New Mexico": La Alianza Federal de Mercedes and the Subaltern Historiography of Indo-Hispano Mestizaje Simón Ventura Trujillo 292

IV Remapping the World

Introduction Rafael Pérez-Torres 313

Political Familism: Toward Sex-Role Equality in Chicano Families Maxine Baca Zinn 318

Chicano Critical Discourse: An Emerging Cultural Practice Angie Chabram-Dernersesian 328

Mapping the Spanish Language along a Multiethnic and Multilingual Border Rosaura Sánchez 350

The Folklore of the Freeway: Space, Culture, and Identity in Postwar Los Angeles Eric Avila 380

Chicana/o Studies and Anthropology: The Dialogue That Never Was Karen Mary Davalos 390

Toward a Mariposa Consciousness: Reimagining Queer Chicano and Latino Identities Daniel Enrique Párez 408

V Continuing to Push Boundaries

Introduction Chon A. Noriega 431

Illegal Status and Social Citizenship: Thoughts on Mexican Immigrants in a Postnational World Adelaida R. Del Castillo 433

Gender, Order, and Femicide: Reading the Popular Culture of Murder in Cuidad Juárez Steven S. Volk Marian E. Schlotterbeck 445

"El Destierro de los Chinos": Popular Perspectives on Chinese-Mexican Intermarriage in the Early Twentieth Century Robert Chao Romero 467

Prosthesis, Surrogation, and Relation in Arturo Islas's The Rain God John Alba Cutler 489

Spatializing Sexuality in Jaime Hernandez's Locos Jessica E. Jones 505

Contested Cowboys: Ethnic Mexican Charros and the Struggle for Suburban Public Space in 1970s Los Angeles Laura R. Barraclough 525

The Necessary Theater of the Royal Chicano Air Force Ella Maria Diaz 544

VI Generations Against Exclusion

Introduction Charlene Villasenor Black 565

"Our Children Get So Different Here": Film, Fashion, Popular Culture, and the Process of Cultural Syncretization in Mexican Los Angeles, 1900-1935 Douglas Monroy 569

The 1968 Edcouch-Elsa High School Walkout: Chicano Student Activism in a South Texas Community. James B. Barrera 584

Chicana/o Students Respond to Arizona's Anti-Ethnic Studies Bill, SB 1108: Civic Engagement, Ethnic Identity, and Well-Being Anna Ochoa O'Leary Andrea J. Romero 602

What Happens in Vegas Does Not Stay in Vegas: Youth Leadership in the Immigrant Rights Movement in Las Vegas, 2006 Anita Tijerina Revilla 620

Undocumented Youth Activism as Counter-Spectacle: Civil Disobedience and Testimonio in the Battle around Immigration Reform Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales 639

Using Photovoice with Farmworker Children and Youth: A Methodology for Understanding Sociopolitical Mental Health Issues Natalie Deeb-Sossa Yvette G. Flores 655

Teatro vs. Trump: Children in South Central Los Angeles Fight Back Silvia Rodriguez Vega 679

Contributors 685

Index 695