Elizabeth R. Kessler, University of Houston
Anne Perrin, University of Houston
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This brief, affordable reader takes a provocative look at critical issues facing the Chican@ communities today and provides thought-provoking questions and writing topics for each reading.
Chican@s in the Conversation presents contemporary essays about some of the most important challenges facing Mexican-Americans today, including health, education, identity, and cultural concerns. The wide range of authors includes both contemporary and classic nonfiction and serves not only to introduce these often unfamiliar writers but also to encourage the recognition of Chican@ writers as model essayists.
Introduction
Acknowledgement
Dedication
Chapter 1: Identity
Rudy Acuna, We Owe History
Richard Rodriguez, What Is a Hispanic?
David Gonzalez, What’s the Problem with “Hispanic”? Just Ask a “Latino”
Haya El Nasser, New Urbanism” Embraces Latinos
Ines Pinto Alicea, “But Can She Cook?” Family Expectations Weigh Heavily on Latina Students
Jennifer Delson Mena, Creating the New Macho Man
Linda Rader Overman, Family Pictures Shape Memory
RosaMaria Chacon, Changing Names and Making Connections: Como te llamas?
Diane Wedner, Sharing in the Dream
Additional Topics of Conversation
Chapter 2: Pop Culture
Victor Cruz-Lugo, The Poet and the Visionary
Regina R. Robertson, Josefina Lopez: A Writer’s Life
Lorenza Munoz, High Time for Low Riders
Charles M. Tatum, Muralism
Eyder Peralta, Whether or not Selena Changed Tejano’s Status Quo, She Certainly Changed the Genre
Luis Bueno, On Soccer: Mexican Roots Run Deep
Mary Jo Sylwester, Hispanic Girls in Sports Held Back by Tradition
Teresa Wiltz, Spanglish: Pop Culture’s Lingua Franca
Amely Greeven, Having Their Say
Additional Topics of Conversation
Chapter 3: Language and Education
Richard Rodriguez, Profession
Maria Gonzalez, Proud to be a Product of Affirmative Action
Sandra Cisneros, An Offering to the Power of Language
Sarah Cortez, Speaking Spanish
Denise Chavez, English as a First Language
Miriam Jordan, Testing “English Only” Rules
Lucy Hood, Where Do I Go with Spanish
Additional Topics of Conversation
Chapter 4: Borders
Gloria Anzaldua, The Homeland, Aztlan
Jonathan Kandell, Cross Purposes
Rolando Hinojosa, A Sense of Place
Franziska Castillo, Where is God?
Jesse Sendejas, At 15, a Step Ahead
Bill Hewitt, Anna Macias Aguayo, Adrienne Bard, and Vicki Sheff-Cahan, A Wave of Murders Terrorizes the Women of Ciudad Juarez
Terry McCarthy, Paul Cuadros, and Jeffry Ressner, Stalking the Day Laborers
Richard Marosi, Healthcare Is Migrating South of the Border
Gregory Rodriguez, La Nueva Orleans
Additional Topics of Conversation
Chapter 5: Everyday Issues
Lee Romney, A Latino Internet Revolution
Peter Slevin, Town’s-Eye View of Immigration Debate
Richard Wolffe, Holly Bailey, and Evan Thomas, Bush’s Spanish Lesson
Robert T. Trotter II and Juan Antonion Chavira, Curanderismo: Past and Present
Kim Krisberg, Work Place Health Disparities Increasing among Hispanics
Juana Mora, Acculturation is Bad for Our Health: Less Fast Food, More Nopalitos
Eric Berger, “I Want to Live a Long Life”: Starting Healthy Habits Early Program Helps Hispanic Children Learn to Stay Fit
Brian Feagans, Latinos Re-Examine Pregnancy in Teens
Mireya Navarro, For Younger Latinos, a Shift to Smaller Families
Additional Topics of Conversation
Spanish-English Glossary
Index
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Kessler & Perrin
©2008 | Pearson | 256 pp
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