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Further, this paper also studies the different linguistic variations among Chicano Spanish living in mainland U.... Accordingly, this paper tackles the cultural and linguistic barriers faced by chicano Spanish in the U.... Further, this research argues that the idea of 'wild tongue' arises out of the outward and seemingly unreasonable restrictions that the American society puts upon its chicano Spanish immigrants.... Relatively, chicano/as become linguistically aggressive by using the Pachuco language, regardless of the existent linguistic restrictions, and this also brings out the idea of linguistic terrorism....
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Research Paper
Background and History of the chicano studies The Ohlone College (2011) explain the chicano studies as an “interdisciplinary field of study that uses History, Law, Political Science, Anthropology, Sociology, Literature, Ethnomusicology, Theater, and a host of other disciplines; to study and interpret the complex and diverse experiences of Chicana/os and Latina/os.... ?? This means that the chicano studies has Chicana, Chicano, Latina and Latino as its primary focus....
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Essay
The paper starts with an introduction to feminism.... This term paper "chicano Feminism and Sexuality" intends to discuss Chicana feminism issues that have affected the social development of the Mexican American or chicano population in the U.... chicano feminism in relation to sexuality is discussed.... The next section describes three main descriptions of chicano feminism, followed by some main chicano issues, which include child and health care, employment, education, political familial, domestic abuse, and machismo....
8 Pages
(2000 words)
Term Paper
chicano people are well explained under the following aspects.
... In addition, the voting pattern in the USA was more along the tribal lines thus making the chicano people unlucky when it comes to national resource allocation.... lliteracy was also another factor that significantly contributed to the underdevelopment of the chicano people in Mexico.... Lack of adequate resources to the chicano people made them remain behind in development sector....
7 Pages
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Essay
The author states that although there are many different definitions about what constitutes the term Chicano, it is certain that activism, history, and education are essential elements that define the past of Chicano culture, which are fully discussed in the "A Study in chicano studies" paper.... However, it was due to chicano rights activists that people who were of Mexican descent started to get treated better in the United States.... Ever since then, there have been several political action committees and other groups dedicated to chicano rights—Cesar Chavez had been institutional and fundamental in terms of having brought the visibility of Chicano issues to the light....
6 Pages
(1500 words)
Capstone Project
"The Mexican Americans Coexistence Story" paper discusses their migration from Mexico to America before the twentieth century to this day, their struggles in America, their language, their relationship with Americans, and their modern-day activities and religion.... .... ... ... There was unequal land and resource distribution, which meant that most Mexicans were poor....
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Essay
This research paper "History and Development of chicano Music in the United States" focuses on the development of chicano music that can be traced back to the Mayan civilization as well as the Olmec cultural practices with the link to the socio-political context of the Mexican group of people.... chicano music has its roots in Texas.... During this period of time, Mariachi, the popular music of old Mexico, was the form of sound listened and enjoyed among the chicano group of the United States....
10 Pages
(2500 words)
Research Paper
The significant poem by Ana Montes reflects the history during the unsettled years of the 1960s and throughout the 1970s when a generation of Chicana feminists protested against unequal gender roles and conflicts within the chicano social movement.... The female activists at then who advocated and counterfeited a feminist consciousness and self-definition in terms searched for themselves ''room of their own' within the socio-historical and political context of the chicano movement' (García 1)....
24 Pages
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