The "Making of Chicana/o Studies" traces the philosophy and
historical development of the field of Chicana/o studies from
precursor movements to the Civil Rights era to today, focusing its
lens on the political machinations in higher education that sought
to destroy the discipline. As a renowned leader, activist, scholar,
and founding member of the movement to establish this curriculum in
the California State University system, which serves as a model for
the rest of the country, Rodolfo F. Acuna has, for more than forty
years, battled the trend in academia to deprive this group of its
academic presence.
The book assesses the development of Chicana/o studies (an area
of studies that has even more value today than at its
inception)--myths about its epistemological foundations have
remained uncontested. Acuna sets the record straight, challenging
those in the academy who would fold the discipline into Latino
studies, shadow it under the dubious umbrella of ethnic studies, or
eliminate it altogether.
Building the largest Chicana/o studies program in the nation was
no easy feat, especially in an atmosphere of academic contention.
In this remarkable account, Acuna reveals how California State
University, Northridge, was instrumental in developing an area of
study that offers more than 166 sections per semester, taught by 26
tenured and 45 part-time instructors. He provides vignettes of
successful programs across the country and offers contemporary
educators and students a game plan--the mechanics for creating a
successful Chicana/o studies discipline--and a comprehensive index
of current Chicana/o studies programs nationwide.
Latinas/os, of which Mexican Americans are nearly seventy
percent, comprise a complex sector of society projected to be just
shy of thirty percent of the nation's population by 2050. "The
Making of Chicana/o Studies" identifies what went wrong in the
history of Chicana/o studies and offers tangible solutions for the
future.
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