Chicano Popular Culture : Que Hable El Pueblo

Figures vii List of Acronyms ix Introduction: The Study of Popular Culture xi Labels and Terms xi Historical Background xiii Organization of This Book xxvi Suggested Readings xxvii Definitions and Theoretical Approaches to Popular Culture 3(11) Definitions of Popular Culture 3(2) Theoretical Approaches to Popular Culture 5(9) Discussion Questions 13(1) Suggested Readings 13(1) Music 14(36) Popular Hispanic Folk Music of the Southwest 14(8) Musica Tejana 22(9) Chicano Music on the West Coast 31(13) Trans-Regional Chicano Music 44(6) Discussion Questions 48(1) Suggested Readings 49(1) Cinema 50(39) Race and Ethnicity in America Movies 50(2) Hollywood's Portrayal of Mexicans and Mexican Americans from the 1910s through the 1970s 52(6) Chicano Cinema 58(1) Chicano Feature-Length Films Since the 1970s 59(17) Hollywood Hispanic Films 76(5) The Current State of Chicanos in U.S. Cinema 81(8) Appendix: Chicano Cinema of the Late 1960s through the 1990s 82(5) Discussion Questions 87(1) Suggested Readings 88(1) Newspapers, Radio, and Television 89(29) Newspapers 89(12) Radio 101(5) Television 106(12) Discussion Questions 116(1) Suggested Readings 117(1) Popular Literature 118(35) Popular Writers Pre-1965 118(4) The Chicano Movement and the Forming of an Artistic Consciousness 122(15) The Ascendancy of Popular Writing by Chicanas 137(4) Current Chicano Popular Literature 141(12) Discussion Questions 151(1) Suggested Readings 152(1) Art, Celebrations, and Other Popular Traditions 153(38) Popular Art 153(28) Celebrations 181(6) Other Popular Traditions 187(4) Discussion Questions 189(1) Suggested Readings 189(2) Conclusion 191(2) Works Cited 193(10) Index 203