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"Established in 1970, the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin is a national leader in teaching, research, and publications in Chicano studies. Reflexiones, its annual review, highlights new work by scholars affiliated with the center. It may also include work by other authors and artists who have offered presentations sponsored by the center. Reflexiones 1999, the third volume in the series, invites us to consider the complex relationship between cultural identity, racial and ethnic politics, and the production of knowledge. Consistent with the rich tradition of Mexican American studies, the contributors to Reflexiones 1999 hail from a variety of disciplines. Almeida Jacqueline Toribio (linguistics) offers an analysis of Spanish–English code switching among U.S. Latinos. Douglas Foley (anthropology) reflects upon the political pressures of researching and writing an ethnography about the Raza Unida Party. Lisa J. Montoya (political science) examines the media’s depiction of Latinos as a ""sleeping giant"" in U.S. electoral politics. Bárbara J. Robles (public affairs) analyzes the status of Latina scholars and graduate students in the academy. Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez (journalism) discusses the accomplishments and legacy of the pioneering Latino journalist Rubén Salazar. Other contributions include an evocative short story, ""Es el agua,"" by Rolando Hinojosa and reproductions of a recent series of Liliana Wilson Grez’s drawings and paintings."

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Author:   Richard R. Flores
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.263kg
ISBN:  

9780292725171

ISBN 10:   0292725175
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   01 May 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction (Richard R. Flores)El corrido de Américo Paredes (raúlrsalinas)One. Mr. White (Américo Paredes)Two. Rubén Salazar: Passionate Observer of Strangers in Their Own Land (Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez)Three. The Sleeping Giant in Latino Electoral Politics (Lisa J. Montoya)Four. The Politics of Studying Raza Unida Politics: Reflections of a White Anthropologist (Douglas E. Foley)Five. Vuelcos (Liliana Wilson-Grez)Six. Latinas in the Academy: Profiling Current and Future Scholars (Bárbara J. Robles)Seven. Spanglish? Bite Your Tongue! Spanish-English Code-Switching among Latinos (Almeida Jacqueline Toribio)Eight. Es el agua (Rolando Hinojosa-Smith)

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Richard R. Flores, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin, is Director of Graduate Studies for UT’s Center for Mexican American Studies (1998–2000).

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