Mythohistorical interventions : the Chicano movement and its legacies / Lee Bebout.

Author/creator Bebout, Lee
Format Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2011.
Description248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesCritical American studies series
Critical American studies series. ^A504826
Contents Introduction : mythohistorical interventions at the intersection of American studies and Chicana/o studies -- Locating the mythohistorical : three tales in the struggle for hegemony -- Hero making in el movimiento : Reies López Tijerina and the Chicano nationalist imaginary -- Of mothers and revolucionarias : movement Chicanas fashioning a feminism of their own -- Queer genealogies : Chicana lesbian feminism & the post-movement era -- Conclusion : echoes of el movimiento and other mythohistorical interventions.
Abstract "Mythohistorical Interventions" explores how myth and history impacted the social struggle of the Chicano movement and the postmovement years. Drawing on archival materials and political speeches as well as music and protest poetry, Lee Bebout scrutinizes the ideas that emerged from the effort to organize and legitimize the Chicano movement's aims.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 229-243) and index.
LCCN 2010032722
ISBN9780816670864 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816670862 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816670871 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN0816670870 (pb : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E184.M5 B43 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold