Chicano Renaissance: Contemporary Cultural Trends - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816520216 ISBN 13: 9780816520213

Publisher: University of Arizona Press, 2000

Synopsis

Among the lasting legacies of the Chicano Movement is the cultural flowering that it inspired--one that has steadily grown from the 1960s to the present. It encompassed all of the arts and continues to earn acclaim both nationally and internationally. Although this Chicano artistic renaissance received extensive scholarly attention in its initial phase, the post-Movimiento years after the late 1970s have been largely overlooked. This book meets that need, demonstrating that, despite the changes that have taken place in all areas of Chicana/o arts, a commitment to community revitalization continues to underlie artistic expression. This collection examines changes across a broad range of cultural forms--art, literature, music, cinema and television, radio, and theater--with an emphasis on the last two decades. Original articles by both established and emerging scholars review such subjects as the growth of Tejano music and the rise of Selena, how films and television have affected the Chicana/o experience, the evolution of Chicana/o art over the last twenty years, and postmodern literary trends. In all of the essays, the contributors emphasize that, contrary to the popular notion that Chicanas/os have succumbed to a victim mentality, they continue to actively struggle to shape the conditions of their lives and to influence the direction of American society through their arts and social struggle. Despite decades usually associated with self-interest in the larger society, the spirit of commitment and empowerment has continued to infuse Chicana/o cultural expression and points toward a vibrant future. CONTENTSAll Over the Map: La Onda Tejana and the Making of Selena, Roberto R. CalderonOutside Inside-The Immigrant Workers: Creating Popular Myths, Cultural Expressions, and Personal Politics in Borderlands Southern California, Juan Gomez-Quinones"Yo soy chicano": The Turbulent and Heroic Life of Chicanas/os in Cinema and Television, David R. Maciel and Susan Racho The Politics of Chicano Representation in the Media, Virginia EscalanteChicana/o and Latina/o Gazing: Audiences of the Mass Media, Diana I. Rios An Historical Overview/Update on the State of Chicano Art, George VargasContemporary Chicano Theater, Arturo RamirezBreaking the Silence: Developments in the Publication and Politics of Chicana Creative Writing, 1973-1998, Edwina Barvosa-Carter Trends and Themes in Chicana/o Writings in Postmodern Times, Francisco A. Lomeli, Teresa Marquez, and Maria Herrera-Sobek

About this title

About the Author

David R. Maciel is a professor of history at the University of New Mexico whose books include Aztlįn: Historia del pueblo chicano and El Norte: The U.S.-Mexican Border in Contemporary Cinema. Isidro D. Ortiz is an associate professor of Mexican American studies at San Diego State University and editor of the book Chicanos and the Social Sciences 1970-1980: A Decade of Development. Marķa Herrera-Sobek is the Luis Leal Endowed Chair and Professor of Chicano/Chicana Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

From the Back Cover

Among the lasting legacies of the Chicano Movement is the cultural flowering that it inspired--one that has steadily grown from the 1960s to the present. It encompassed all of the arts and continues to earn acclaim both nationally and internationally. Although this Chicano artistic renaissance received extensive scholarly attention in its initial phase, the post-Movimiento years after the late 1970s have been largely overlooked. This book meets that need, demonstrating that, despite the changes that have taken place in all areas of Chicana/o arts, a commitment to community revitalization continues to underlie artistic expression.

This collection examines changes across a broad range of cultural forms--art, literature, music, cinema and television, radio, and theater--with an emphasis on the last two decades. Original articles by both established and emerging scholars review such subjects as the growth of Tejano music and the rise of Selena, how films and television have affected the Chicana/o experience, the evolution of Chicana/o art over the last twenty years, and postmodern literary trends.

In all of the essays, the contributors emphasize that, contrary to the popular notion that Chicanas/os have succumbed to a victim mentality, they continue to actively struggle to shape the conditions of their lives and to influence the direction of American society through their arts and social struggle. Despite decades usually associated with self-interest in the larger society, the spirit of commitment and empowerment has continued to infuse Chicana/o cultural expression and points toward a vibrant future. CONTENTS
All Over the Map: La Onda Tejana and the Making of Selena, "RobertoR. CalderA3n"
Outside Inside-The Immigrant Workers: Creating Popular Myths, Cultural Expressions, and Personal Politics in Borderlands Southern California, "Juan GA3mez-QuiAones"
"Yo soy chicano": The Turbulent and Heroic Life of Chicanas/os in Cinema and Television, "David R. Maciel and Susan Racho "
The Politics of Chicano Representation in the Media, "Virginia Escalante"
Chicana/o and Latina/o Gazing: Audiences of the Mass Media, "Diana I. RA-os"
An Historical Overview/Update on the State of Chicano Art, "George Vargas"
Contemporary Chicano Theater, "Arturo RamA-rez"
Breaking the Silence: Developments in the Publication and Politics of Chicana Creative Writing, 1973-1998, "Edwina Barvosa-Carter "
Trends and Themes in Chicana/o Writings in Postmodern Times, "Francisco A. LomelA-, Teresa MArquez, and MarA-a Herrera-Sobek"

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816520216
• ISBN 13: 9780816520213
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 330
• Editor: Maciel David R., Ortiz Isidro D., Herrera-Sobek Marķa