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Chicana/o identity in a changing U.S. society : quién soy? quiénes somos?

Examines the development of the Chicano communities in the United States, identifies the relationship between individual ethnic groups, discusses the influence on American culture, and covers issues such as immigration and intermarriage
Print Book, English, ©2004
University of Arizona Press, Tucson, ©2004
xix, 149 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
9780816522057, 0816522057
54074051
A Word about our perspective
1. ¿Quién soy? : the development of self
The development of a positive sense of self : ethnicity, race, class, and gender
Conclusions : multiple social adaptations to cultural transformations
Summary
Discussion exercises
2. ¿Quiénes somos? : the importance of social identity
Personal identity and social identity
The creation of social identities
Identification and consciousness in ethnic identity formation
An example of identification and consciousness
Summary
Discussion exercises
3. Language, culture, and community : group life in creating and maintaining identity
Meritocracy
Universal rule
Degrouping
Regrouping through empowerment
Reclamaciones : toward a whole self
Regrouping the degrouped group
Summary
Discussion exercises
Notes
4. Conclusions : the future of identity formations
Multiple social adaptations to cultural transformations
New developments in the study of identities : transnationalism and transculturalism
Summary
Discussion exercises
Note
Glossary