| Description |
xix, 149 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Mexican American experience |
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Mexican American experience.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [135]-139) and index. |
| Contents |
A Word about our perspective -- 1. ¿Quién soy? : the development of self -- The development of a positive sense of self : ethnicity, race, class, and gender -- Conclusions : multiple social adaptations to cultural transformations -- Summary -- Discussion exercises -- 2. ¿Quiénes somos? : the importance of social identity -- Personal identity and social identity -- The creation of social identities -- Identification and consciousness in ethnic identity formation -- An example of identification and consciousness -- Summary -- Discussion exercises -- 3. Language, culture, and community : group life in creating and maintaining identity -- Meritocracy -- Universal rule -- Degrouping -- Regrouping through empowerment -- Reclamaciones : toward a whole self -- Regrouping the degrouped group -- Summary -- Discussion exercises -- Notes -- 4. Conclusions : the future of identity formations -- Multiple social adaptations to cultural transformations -- New developments in the study of identities : transnationalism and transculturalism -- Summary -- Discussion exercises -- Note -- Glossary. |
| Subject |
Mexican Americans.
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| Added Author |
Gurin, Patricia.
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| ISBN |
0816522057 paper alkaline paper |
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9780816522057 paper alkaline paper |
| Sudoc No. |
UA 5.2:C 44/16 azdocs |
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