TY - BOOK AU - Ontiveros,Randy J. ED - Project Muse. TI - In the spirit of a new people: the cultural politics of the Chicano movement SN - 9780814738887 AV - E184.M5 O58 2013 U1 - 973/.046872 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - New York University Press KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations KW - bisacsh KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / General KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural KW - Social movements in art KW - Mexican American art KW - Mexican Americans KW - Politics and government KW - Social conditions KW - Chicano movement KW - United States KW - 1960-1980 KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : The art and history of the Chicano Movement -- Antennas and mimeograph machines : Postwar mass media and the Chicano/a Street Press -- Green Aztlon : environmentalism and the Chicano/a visual arts -- Immigrant Actos : citizenship and performance in El Teatro Campesino -- Sandra Cisneros's Caramelo and the transformation of the Chicano movement N2 - "Reexamining the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s, In the Spirit of a New People brings to light new insights about social activism in the twentieth-century and new lessons for progressive politics in the twenty-first. Randy J. Ontiveros explores the ways in which Chicano/a artists and activists used fiction, poetry, visual arts, theater, and other expressive forms to forge a common purpose and to challenge inequality in America. Focusing on cultural politics, Ontiveros reveals neglected stories about the Chicano movement and its impact: how writers used the street press to push back against the network news; how visual artists such as Santa Barraza used painting, installations, and mixed media to challenge racism in mainstream environmentalism; how El Teatro Campesino's innovative "actos," or short skits, sought to embody new, more inclusive forms of citizenship; and how Sandra Cisneros and other Chicana novelists broadened the narrative of the Chicano movement. In the Spirit of a New People articulates a fresh understanding of how the Chicano movement contributed to the social and political currents of postwar America, and how the movement remains meaningful today. Randy J. Ontiveros is Associate Professor of English and an affiliate in U.S. Latina/o Studies and Women's Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park"-- UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780814738887/ ER -