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Although patriarchy, machismo, and excessive masculine displays are
assumed to be prevalent among Latinos in general and Mexicans in
particular, little is known about Latino men or macho masculinity.
Hombres y Machos: Masculinity and Latino Culture fills an important
void by providing an integrated view of Latino men, masculinity,
and fatherhood?in
The recent mass shooting of 22 innocent people in El Paso by a lone
White gunman looking to "Kill Mexicans" is not new. It is part of a
long, bloody history of anti-Latina/o violence in the United
States. Gringo Injustice brings this history to life, shedding
critical light on the complex relationship between Latinas/os and
the United States' legal and judicial system. Contributors with
first-hand knowledge and experience, including former law
enforcement officers, ex-gang members, attorneys, and community
activists, share insider perspectives on the issues facing
Latinas/os and initiate a critical dialogue on this neglected
topic. Essays examine the unauthorized use of deadly force by
police and patterned incidents of lynching, hate crimes, gang
violence, and racial profiling. The book also highlights the
hyper-criminalization of barrio youth and considers wide-ranging
implications from the disproportionate imprisonment of Latinas/os.
Gringo Injustice provides a comprehensive and powerful look into
the Latina/o community's fraught history with law enforcement and
the American judicial system. It is an essential reference for
students and scholars interested in intersections between crime and
communities of Color, and for use in Sociology, Latino Studies,
Ethnic Studies, Chicano Studies, Criminology, and Criminal Justice.
The recent mass shooting of 22 innocent people in El Paso by a lone
White gunman looking to "Kill Mexicans" is not new. It is part of a
long, bloody history of anti-Latina/o violence in the United
States. Gringo Injustice brings this history to life, shedding
critical light on the complex relationship between Latinas/os and
the United States' legal and judicial system. Contributors with
first-hand knowledge and experience, including former law
enforcement officers, ex-gang members, attorneys, and community
activists, share insider perspectives on the issues facing
Latinas/os and initiate a critical dialogue on this neglected
topic. Essays examine the unauthorized use of deadly force by
police and patterned incidents of lynching, hate crimes, gang
violence, and racial profiling. The book also highlights the
hyper-criminalization of barrio youth and considers wide-ranging
implications from the disproportionate imprisonment of Latinas/os.
Gringo Injustice provides a comprehensive and powerful look into
the Latina/o community's fraught history with law enforcement and
the American judicial system. It is an essential reference for
students and scholars interested in intersections between crime and
communities of Color, and for use in Sociology, Latino Studies,
Ethnic Studies, Chicano Studies, Criminology, and Criminal Justice.
"La Chicana" is the story of a marginal group in society, neither
fully Mexican or fully American, who suffer under triple
oppression: as women, as members of a colonized culture, and as
victims of a cultural heritage dominated by the cult of "machismo."
Tracing the role of Chicanas from pre-Columbian society to the
present, the authors reveal the antecedents and roots of
contemporary cultural expectations in Aztec, colonial, and
revolutionary Mexican historical periods. A discussion of the
contribution of modern Chicanas to their community and to feminism
and a look at literary stereotypes and the emergence of Chicana
literature to counter them round out this perceptive and
sympathetic analysis.
Although patriarchy, machismo, and excessive masculine displays are
assumed to be prevalent among Latinos in general and Mexicans in
particular, little is known about Latino men or macho masculinity.
"Hombres y Machos: Masculinity and Latino Culture" fills an
important void by providing an integrated view of Latino men,
masculinity, and fatherhood--in the process refuting many common
myths and misconceptions.Examining how Latino men view themselves,
Alfredo Mirande argues that prevailing conceptions of men,
masculinity, and gender are inadequate because they are based not
on universal norms but on limited and culturally specific
conceptions. Findings are presented from in-depth personal
interviews with Latino men (specifically, fathers with at least one
child between the ages of four and eighteen living at home) from
four geographical regions and from a broad cross-section of the
Latino population: working and middle class, foreign-born and
native-born. Topics range from views on machos and machismo to
beliefs regarding masculinity and fatherhood. In addition to
reporting research findings and placing them within a historical
context, Mirande draws important insights from his own
life."Hombres y Machos" calls for the development of Chicano/Latino
men's studies and will be a significant and provocative addition to
the growing literature on gender, masculinity, and race. It will
appeal to the general reader and is bound to be an important
supplementary text for courses in ethnic studies, women's studies,
men's studies, family studies, sociology, psychology, social work,
and law.
This revised, second edition of The Chicano Experience offers a new
interpretation of the social, cultural, and economic forces that
shape the situation of Chicanos today. For more than thirty years,
and now in its ninth printing, Alfredo Mirande's The Chicano
Experience has captivated readers with its groundbreaking analysis
of Chicanos in the United States. Although its original context
differs markedly from the current demographic landscape, it remains
no less relevant today-Latinos have emerged as the largest minority
population in the United States. With updated chapters revised in
light of contemporary scholarship, this second edition speaks to
the Chicano of today, in addition to puertoriquenos, Central
Americans, and other groups who share common experiences of
colonization, racialization, and, especially in the last decade,
demonization. In this foundational text, Mirande develops a
comprehensive framework for Chicano sociology that, in attending
closely to Chicano experience, aims to correct the biases and
misconceptions that have prevailed in the field. He demonstrates
how the conventional immigrant group model of society, with its
focus on assimilation into mainstream American culture, does not
apply to Chicanos. Supporting this constructive proposal are
analyses of Chicano social history and culture, with chapters
focusing on the economy, the border, law, education, family, gender
and machismo, and religion. The book concludes with a case study of
community attitudes toward the police in an urban barrio. In many
ways, the first edition of The Chicano Experience anticipated the
sensitivity to the experiences of the underrepresented in American
culture. This second edition reaffirms the prescience of Mirande's
work and makes it available to a new generation of students and
scholars of Chicano and Latino studies, ethnic and race studies,
sociology, and cultural studies.
Alfredo Mirande, a sociology professor, Stanford Law graduate, and
part-time pro bono attorney, represents clients who are
rascuache--a Spanish word for "poor" or even "wretched"--and on the
margins of society. For Mirande, however, rascuache means to be
"down but not out," an underdog who is still holding its ground.
"Rascuache Lawyer "offers a unique perspective on providing legal
services to poor, usually minority, folks who are often just one
short step from jail. Not only a passionate argument for rascuache
lawyering, it is also a thoughtful, practical attempt to apply and
test critical race theory--particularly Latino critical race
theory--in day-to-day legal practice.
Every chapter presents an actual case from Mirande's experience
(only the names and places have been changed). His clients have
been charged with everything from carrying a concealed weapon,
indecent exposure, and trespassing to attempted murder, domestic
violence, and child abuse. Among them are recent Mexican
immigrants, drug addicts, gang members, and the homeless. All of
them are destitute, and many are victims of racial profiling. Some
"pay" Mirande with bartered services such as painting, home
repairs, or mechanical work on his car. And Mirande doesn't always
win their cases. But, as he recounts, he certainly works tirelessly
to pursue all legal remedies.
Each case is presented as a letter to a fascinating (fictional)
"Super Chicana" named Fermina Gabriel, who we are told is an
accomplished lawyer, author, and singer. This narrative device
allows the author to present his cases as if he were recounting
them to a friend, drawing in the reader as a friend as well.
Bookending the individual cases, Mirande's introductions and
conclusions offer a compelling vision of progressive legal practice
grounded in rascuache lawyering.
Mirande offers a detailed examination of Chicano social history and
culture that includes studies of: Chicano labor and the economy;
the Mexican immigrant and the U.S.-Mexico border conflict; the
evolution of Chicano criminality; the American educational system
and its impact on Chicano culture; the tensions between the
institutional Church and Chicanos; and the myths and misconceptions
of "machismo."
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