Chicano Studies as a Discipline

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Introduction

• Chicano Studies as a Discipline

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The Origins of Chicana/o Studies

• This anthology will begin your journey to the
  field of Chicana/o Studies as an academic
  discipline .
• It is a product of the 1960s.
• Initially, Chicana/o Studies was a California
  product.
• Reason 1
• Reason 2

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The Origins

• The push in California influenced similar
  struggles in the Southwest and Midwest, for
  example ______________
• Reasons for student involvement ____________.

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Before the 1960s

• Very limited university experience.
• The first generation of Mexican-American college
  Students

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The early 1960s

• For the most part, university curricula did not
  include the mexicano as a historical subject.
• One major exception _______________
• Carlos E. Castaneda, George I. Sanchez, Americo
  Paredes
• At the University of New Mexico _______

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Student Militancy

• Clash of generations.
• The new Chicano Scholar .

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Chicano Studies and Social and Political Issues

• Social Issues ________________
• Chicano youth also demanded
• 1)
• 2)

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El Quinto Sol

• El Grito
• The writings _____________

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The Late 1960s

• Consensus on the relevance.
• Lack of coherence in expectation and emphasis
  (VII).
• 1968 Explained
• A forced priority _____ (VII).

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A key moment

• Santa Barbara
• The Denver Youth Conference
• El Plan Espiritual de Aztlan
• The Aim ______________
• The essence of the Plan was _________

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Plan de Santa Barbara

• The directives called for
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6

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El Plan

• What was left out?
• The focus of the plan was ______________.
• That meant that the curriculum would be
  ___________.
• Jose Cuellars observation .

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The Formation of a Discipline

• Octavio Romanoan important direction (ix)
• The Chicano Image
• Eight Preliminary steps

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The Formation

• The Chicano Paradigm
• The influence of the Cultural renaissance
• What was this new paradigm?.
• The next stage. research.
• The theory

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The internal colony analysis

• Possibilities and limitations
• Basic premises of the Chicano paradigm
• The uniqueness of Chicano/a Studies

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Issues and Contribuitions

• The 1970s A critique of el plan de Santa Barbara
  
• Another set of issues applicability
• Reasons for disuse
• 123. .
• Contributions

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The Future

• Feminism
• Race, class and gender (identity)
• New directions and new questions.
• A renewed commitment