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Mexican American literature is literature written by Mexican Americans in the United States.Although its origins can be traced back to the sixteenth century, the bulk of Mexican American literature dates from post-1848 and the United States annexation of large parts of Mexico in the wake of the Mexican–American War.
The Church in the Barrio: Mexican American Ethno-Catholicism in Houston is a 2006 book by Roberto R. Treviño, published by the University of North Carolina Press.The work covers the years 1911-1972 [1] and discusses the relationship between the Mexican-American community and the Catholic church, and the "ethno-Catholicism" among Houston's Mexicans. [2]
This is a Mexican American bibliography. This list consists of books, and journal articles, about Mexican Americans, Chicanos, and their history and culture. The list includes works of literature whose subject matter is significantly about Mexican Americans and the Chicano/a experience.
Nicolas Retana, author, "The Mexican Men Chronicles." Alberto Ríos; Isabella Ríos, author of Victuum (1976) [1] Tomás Rivera, author of ...y no se lo tragó la tierra; Alfredo Rodríguez, author of Estas tierras (1983; Palabra Nueva prize winner) [1] Joe Rodríguez, author of Oddsplayer (1988) [1] Luis J. Rodriguez; Robert Rodriguez; Richard ...
Latino studies is an academic discipline which studies the experience of people of Latin American ancestry in the United States. Closely related to other ethnic studies disciplines such as African-American studies, Asian American studies, and Native American studies, Latino studies critically examines the history, culture, politics, issues, sociology, spirituality (Indigenous) and experiences ...
A major development in late-20th-century American literature was the proliferation of writing by and about Latinos. [1] The literary mixing of US and Spanish American culture, history, and social concerns is intensified by the inception of Latino literature written in English in the second half of the 20th century, in which authors such as Cristina García, Julia Álvarez, Gloria Anzaldúa ...
Americans have been disaffiliating from organized religion over the past few decades. About 63% of Americans are Christian, according to the Pew Research Center, down from 90% in the early 1990s.
North to Aztlan: A History of Mexican Americans in the United States (2006) Gomez, Laura E. Manifest Destinies: The Making of the Mexican American Race (2008) Gomez-Quiñones, Juan. Mexican American Labor, 1790-1990. (1994). Gonzales, Manuel G. Mexicanos: A History of Mexicans in the United States (2nd ed 2009) excerpt and text search