A01=Lorena Oropeza
activism
american history
american studies
american youth
antiwar activism
antiwar protest
assimilation
Author_Lorena Oropeza
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chicano
chicano mobilization
chicano movement
chicano studies
chicano youth rebellion
chicanx latinx
citizenship
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ethnic mexicans
ethnic studies
ethnicity
hispanic
latinos
masculinity
mexican american
military service
movement politics
nonfiction
political activism
politics of confrontation
social justice
southeast asia
southwest
vietnam
vietnam war
war
Product details
- ISBN 9780520241954
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 25 Apr 2005
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This incisive and elegantly written examination of Chicano antiwar mobilization demonstrates how the pivotal experience of activism during the Viet Nam War era played itself out among Mexican Americans. "!Raza Si! !Guerra No!" presents an engaging portrait of Chicano protest and patriotism. On a deeper level, the book considers larger themes of American nationalism and citizenship and the role of minorities in the military service, themes that remain pertinent today. Lorena Oropeza's exploration of the evolution, political trajectory, and eventual implosion of the Chicano campaign against the war in Viet Nam encompasses a fascinating meditation on Mexican Americans' political and cultural orientations, loyalties, and sense of status and place in American society.
Lorena Oropeza is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Davis.
