The Making of Chicana/o Studies : In the Trenches of Academe.

The Making of Chicana/o Studies traces the philosophy and historical development of the discipline from precursor movements to the Civil Rights era to today, focusing on the political machinations in higher education that sought to destroy it. As a renowned leader, activist, scholar, and founding me...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Acuña, Rodolfo
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press 2011.
Series:Latinidad : transnational cultures in the United States.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5hj8kr
Table of Contents:
  • Becoming Chicana/o studies
  • The sixties and the bean count
  • From student power to Chicana/o studies
  • In the trenches of academe
  • The building of Chicana/o studies
  • Growing a program
  • The mainstreaming of Chicana/o studies
  • Getting it right
  • Resisting mainstreaming : survival of Chicana/o studies.