Mexican Americans In California

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Discusses discrmination and activism. Tomas Rivera's novel of a Mexican American migrant family. Chicano political activism of the 1970s. Its link to the 1930s and 1940s. Youth gangs, labor unrest, Sleepy Lagoon Murder trial, and Zoot Suit Riots of Los Angeles. Use of Chicano population as a scapegoat. Current Latin Renaissance movement.

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"Tomas Rivera, like many in his generation, such as Gary Soto and Rolando Hinojosa, grew up in the 1950s in a world that was 180 degrees different from the "Ozzie and Harriet" or "Leave it to Beaver" world portrayed on TV. As adults, these authors, as well as other Mexican-Americans, later grew up to take part in the political activism of the 1970s by portraying the everyday life that they experienced for the benefit of those who lived that life, as well as for the benefit of those who needed to know that another type of America existed (Cardenas de Dwyer, 1980).

In 1970, Tomas Rivera published his original Spanish-language ...y no se lo trago la tierra. Then, in 1995, due to the release of the movie, " and the earth did not swallow him", a new translation of the book into English by Evangelina Vigil-Pinon was published. The original edition won the first national ..."

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