Voices of a New Chicana/O History [Paperback]

Refugio I. Rochin (Editor), Dennis N. Valdes (Editor), Refugio Rochin (Author), editors Dennis Valdes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 30, 2000

Issues that inspired the publication of Voices of a New Chicana/o History are to be found in the backgrounds and lives of the work's contributors themselves. These scholars all are part of a new generation of Chicana/o historians, a generation that is in the midst of framing a debate over the future of the Chicana/o past. Because most were born after 1960, these men and women also are living the history of an intellectual movement they seek to describe and explain. In aggregate, this selection of fourteen important new pieces of in-depth research forms a kind of paradigm for expanding the boundaries of Chicana/o cultural studies. Voices of a New Chicana/o History presents a construct by which the Chicana/o shared experience is helping to redefine many academic disciplines with a stimulating, multi-layered questioning of inherited scholarly assumptions.  
 

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About the Author

Refugio I. Rochin is Director of the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives.

Dennis Valdes is Associate Professor of Chicano Studies at University of Minnesota.

Product Details

• Paperback: 275 pages
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press; 1 edition (April 30, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870135236
• ISBN-13: 978-0870135231
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,733,985 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great contribution to Mexican-American history & literature., July 3, 2000

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Voices of a New Chicana/O History (Paperback)

The contributors to Voice Of A New Chicana/O History are themselves living the history of the intellectual movement they seek to describe and explain. Here comprised are fourteen informative, challenging, exceptional essays presenting a new kind of paradigm for expanding the boundaries of Chicana/o cultural history through a stimulating, multi-layered presentation of impeccable scholarship. The contributors include Rudy Acuna, Alberto Camarillo, Jose Cuello, Antonio Rios-Bustamnte, Ramon A. Gutierrez, Louis Ano Nuevo Kerr, Luis Leal, Martha Menchaca, Maria E. Montoya, Lorena Oropeza, Stephen J. Pitti, Roberto Rodriguez, Ramon Eduardo Ruiz, Dennis N. Valdes, and Zaragosa Vargas. Voice Of A New Chicana/O History is a highly recommended and invaluable contribution to Mexican-American history and literature.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Important Contributions, November 10, 2000

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Stephanie Bost - See all my reviews

This review is from: Voices of a New Chicana/O History (Paperback)

Not a light read, but definitely a fine contribution to Chicano letters is this collection of fourteen essays by some of this country's top Chicano/a scholars. -Katherine A. Diaz from Hispanic

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lively and engaging contemporary viewpoints., June 4, 2000

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This review is from: Voices of a New Chicana/O History (Paperback)

The scholars whose analyses and works comprise Voices of a New Chicana/o History, contribute to these explorations represent a new generation which is examining a revised portrait of Chicana/o history. Most were born after 1960, and provide a contemporary insider's viewpoint in the course of their analysis of the state of Chicano history and its analysis. A 'must' for any Latin history collection, Voices of a New Chicana/o History provides lively contemporary viewpoints.