In the Spirit of a New People : : The Cultural Politics of the Chicano Movement / / Randy J. Ontiveros.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Ontiveros, Randy J.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: American Literatures Initiative ; 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 9 black and white illustrations

Reexamining the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s, In the Spirit of a New People brings to light new insights about social activism in the twentieth-century and new lessons for progressive politics in the twenty-first. Randy J. Ontiveros explores the ways in which Chicano/a artists and activists used fiction, poetry, visual arts, theater, and other expressive forms to forge a common purpose and to challenge inequality in America.Focusing on cultural politics, Ontiveros reveals neglected stories about the Chicano movement and its impact: how writers used the street press to push back against the network news; how visual artists such as Santa Barraza used painting, installations, and mixed media to challenge racism in mainstream environmentalism; how El Teatro Campesino’s innovative “actos,” or short skits,sought to embody new, more inclusive forms of citizenship; and how Sandra Cisneros and other Chicana novelists broadened the narrative of the Chicano movement. In the Spirit of a New People articulates a fresh understanding of how the Chicano movement contributed to the social and political currents of postwar America, and how the movement remains meaningful today.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Art and History of the Chicano Movement -- 1. Antennas and Mimeograph Machines: Postwar Mass Media and the Chicano/a Street Press -- 2. Green Aztlán: Environmentalism and the Chicano/a Visual Arts -- 3. Immigrant Actos: Citizenship and Performance in El Teatro Campesino -- 4. After Words: Sandra Cisneros’s Caramelo and the Evolution of Chicano/a Cultural Politics -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author