The Aztlan Mexican Studies Reader, 1974-2016

1st Place, Best Academic-Themed Book, 2019 International Latino Book Award

2nd Place, Best Latino Focused Nonfiction - English, 2019 International Latino Book Award

This set of essays explores the ongoing cultural and political connections between Chicana/o and Mexican history. Edited and introduced by H ctor Calder n, The Aztl n Mexican Studies Reader, 1974-2016 presents thirteen previously published essays together with three essays written specifically for this collection, making a rigorous case for the contributions of Chicana/o studies to the transnational study of Mexico.

The first essay, by Tom s Almaguer, which was also the first to be published, sets the stage with a historical overview that relates how the Chicano movement was rooted in the soil of conquest and colonialism in Mexico. Subsequent essays discuss a range of topics that stress interconnections between Chicana/os and Mexicans: transborder issues such as immigration and labor; Chicana/o and Mexican fiction; femicide and racism in Mexico and their reverberations on both sides of the border; and the development of Mexican art forms--including muralism, cinema, and music--in Mexico and the United States.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089551169X
• ISBN13: 9780895511690
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher