Reexamining the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1960s and
1970s, In the Spirit of a New People brings to light new insights
about social activism in the twentieth-century and new lessons for
progressive politics in the twenty-first. Randy J. Ontiveros
explores the ways in which Chicano/a artists and activists used
fiction, poetry, visual arts, theater, and other expressive forms
to forge a common purpose and to challenge inequality in America.
Focusing on cultural politics, Ontiveros reveals neglected stories
about the Chicano movement and its impact: how writers used the
street press to push back against the network news; how visual
artists such as Santa Barraza used painting, installations, and
mixed media to challenge racism in mainstream environmentalism; how
El Teatro Campesino's innovative "actos," or short skits, sought to
embody new, more inclusive forms of citizenship; and how Sandra
Cisneros and other Chicana novelists broadened the narrative of the
Chicano movement. In the Spirit of a New People articulates a fresh
understanding of how the Chicano movement contributed to the social
and political currents of postwar America, and how the movement
remains meaningful today. Randy J. Ontiveros is Associate Professor
of English and an affiliate in U.S. Latina/o Studies and Women's
Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.
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