"Brown-Eyed Children of the Sun" is a new study of the Chicano/a
movement, "El Movimiento," and its multiple ideologies from a broad
cultural perspective. The late 1960s marked the first time U.S.
society witnessed Americans of Mexican descent on a national stage
as self-determined individuals and collective actors rather than
second-class citizens. George Mariscals book examines the Chicano
movements quest for equal rights and economic justice in the
context of the Viet Nam War era.
Mariscal outlines the social and political conditions that made
El Movimiento possible, especially the Cold War, U.S. military
interventions, the Black Civil Rights movement, and anti-colonial
struggles in the so-called Third World. This context paved the way
for U.S. minority groups to politicize their cultural production
and elaborate radical identities. Mariscal analyzes many issues
that scholars have heretofore ignored when studying "El
Movimiento."
Mariscal argues convincingly that the term nationalism fails to
adequately describe the complexity of the movement and shows how
Chicano/a internationalism arose in response to the Cuban
Revolution of 1959. He traces the ideological uses of the image of
Cesar Chavez as a touchstone for debate within "El Movimiento" and
explains how some activists such as Reies Lpez Tijerina formed
alliances across ethnic boundaries, specifically with African
American militants. The final chapters look at attempts to
democratize higher education in California and suggest ways in
which the legacy of the movement might be relevant to contemporary
political projects.
"George Mariscal gave us that extraordinary book "Aztlan and
Viet Nam." Here he turns his attention to athoughtful analysis and
description of the Chicano Movement of the Sixties and Seventies,
in all its complexity, excitement, and promise. He finds
fascinating connections between "el Movimiento" and certain
historical figures like Che Guevara and Cesar Chavez. This book is
a rich tapestry of provocative ideas and untold history."Howard
Zinn, author, "A People's History of the United States"
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