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

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

The Making of Chicana/o Studies traces the philosophy and historical development of the field of Chicana/o studies from precursor movements to the Civil Rights era to today, focusing its lens on the political machinations in higher education that sought to destroy the discipline. As a renowned leade...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Acuña, Rodolfo F.,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the
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Physical Description:1 online resource (348 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Becoming Chicana/o Studies
  • 2. The Sixties and the Bean Count
  • 3. From Student Power to Chicano Studies
  • 4. In the Trenches of Academe
  • 5. The Building of Chicano Studies
  • 6. Growing a Program
  • 7. The Mainstreaming of Chicano Studies
  • 8. Getting It Right
  • 9. Resisting Mainstreaming
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Appendix
  • Index
  • About the Author

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