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by Chon A. Noriega (Editor), Eric Avila (Editor), Karen Mary Davalos (Editor)
The Chicano Studies Reader, the best-selling anthology of articles from Aztl n: A Journal of Chicano Studies, has been newly expanded with a group of essays that focus on Chicana/o and Latina/o youth. This section, Generations against Exclusion, joins Decolonizing the Territory, Performing Politics, (Re)Configuring Identities, Remapping the World, and Continuing to Push Boundaries. Introductions to each section offer analysis and contextualization. This fourth edition of the Reader documents the foundation of Chicano studies, testifies to its broad disciplinary range, and explores its continuing development.
Author Biography
Chon A. Noriega is professor of film, television, and media studies at UCLA and director of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. Eric Avila is professor of history, Chicano studies, and urban planning at UCLA and author of The Folklore of the Freeway: Race and Revolt in the Modernist City. Karen Mary Davalos is professor and chair of Chicano and Latino studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and author of Chicana/o Remix: Art and Errata since the Sixties. Chela Sandoval is professor and former chair of Chicana and Chicano studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of Methodology of the Oppressed. Rafael Pérez-Torres is professor of English at UCLA, and author of Mestizaje: Critical Uses of Race in Chicano Culture. Charlene Villaseñor Black is professor of art history and Chicana/o studies at UCLA, associate director of the Chicano Studies Research Center, and author of Creating the Cult of St. Joseph.
