Revelation in Aztlán: Scriptures, Utopias, and the Chicano Movement

By Jacqueline M. Hidalgo

Introduction: Scriptures, Place, and No Place in the Chicano Movement
Chapter One: "We Are Aztl?n" Writing Scriptures, Writing Utopia in El Plan Espiritual de Aztl?n
Chapter Two: "The Holy City Which Has Been Written in This Book" The Utopian Scripturalization of Revelation
Chapter Three: "The Spirit Will Speak for My People" El Plan de Santa Barbara and the Chicanx Movement as a Project of Scripturalization
Chapter Four: "Power and Dominance, Loyalty and Conformity" Family, Gender, Sexuality, and Utopian Scripturalization
Chapter Five: "Faith and Social Justice Are So Connected in My Book" Scriptures, Scrolls, and Scribes as Technologies of Diaspora
Coda: Scriptural Revelations and Reconquest

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137592133
• ISBN13: 9781137592132
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.7"