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4.0 out of 5 stars
Especially descriptive and accurate about the 2000s,
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This review is from: Chicano Intermarriage: A Theoretical and Empirical Study (Hardcover)
So much discussion of mixed-race marriages are anecdotal or produced in fictional genres. However, here Murguia provides empirical work to illustrate the dynamics of Chicano-Anglo marriage. This was not "Fools Rush In": it's standard, yet rigorous sociology and statistics. Yes, he makes predictable hypotheses: Those in the city are more likely to outmarry; those born in the US are more likely to outmarry, those with English first names are more likely to outmarry. Still, he uses marriage data from four Southwestern towns (varying in size, state location, and proximity to Mexico) to test his ideas.This book is short in page length. However, so much sociological data is thrown around, the reader must take her or his time reading what is stated. Unlike other writings where the conclusions are just space filler, with this text they become essential for all of us who have forgotten the complex statistical terms we may, or may not, have learned in college classrooms or, as of now, Advance Placement courses in high school. After awhile, I had to shorten things just to make it comprehensible. Endogamous became "same-race marriage"; exogamous became "mixed marriage"; "Spanish-surnamed" became Chicano; and "non-Spanish-surnamed" became Anglo. This book uses data from 1969 and 1974. Since the book was published in 1982, I am surprised that Murguia didn't have more recent data. Maybe this Internet age has spoiled me, however. There are some things missing. Murguia use a lot of proxy categories. He only speaks of Anglo-Chicano mixed marriage, but what about Blacano marriages? He mentions Catholic-Protestant mixing, but what about Jews who marry Chicanos? He couldn't get info on the skin complexions of individuals, but I wonder if light-skinned Mexican Americans outmarry at much higher rates than Mexican Americans with more indigenous characteristics. Oftentimes, authors have the same identities as their subjects. Rachel Moran wrote on mixed marriages; she is a product of one. Marjorie Garber wrote on bisexuality, and that is how she identifies. The back sleeve shows that Murguia is clearly Chicano. In this acknowledgment page, he thanks his wife, Maria Concepcion: presumably she shares his ethnicity. Murguia basically champions mixed-race marriages, yet he seems to be a Latino man who chose a Latina bride. I wonder why this subject interests him? One thing is true: his predictions bare out. In his study, 16% of Chicanos outmarry. The numbers now are around 33% and growing. Though this book feels dated at times, it is still prescient.
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