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The authors, both nationally recognized experts in social psychology, are concerned with the subjective definitions individuals have about the social groups with which they identify, as well as with linguistic, cultural, and social contexts. Their analysis reveals what the majority of Chicanas\/os experience, using examples from music, movies, and the arts to illustrate complex concepts. In considering i??Quien Soy? (\"Who Am I?\") , they discuss how individuals develop a positive sense of who they are as Chicanas\/os, with an emphasis on the influence of family, schools, and community. Regarding i??Quienes Somos? (\"Who Are We?\"), they explore Chicanas\/os' different group memberships that define who they are as a people, particularly reviewing the colonization history of the American Southwest to show how Chicanas\/os' group identity is influenced by this history. 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Now Charles Tatum introduces students to these and other forms of artistic expression in the first volume to provide a wide-ranging overview of Chicano popular culture. Tatum explores the broad and complex arena of popular culture among Americans of Mexican descent and explains what popular culture can tell them about themselves. Reviewing a range of expressive arts, from traditional forms to electronic media, he explains the differences and similarities between Chicano popular culture and that of other ethnic groups or of Anglo society and shows how Chicano arts reflect a people's traditions and heritage. The book's coverage focuses on five areas of popular culture. It explores  - Mexican American and Chicano music from the sixteenth century to the present day;  - cinema, focusing on Chicano films of the past three decades;  - newspapers, radio, and television, explaining the interrelationship between these media;  - literature, emphasizing fiction, theater, and poetry of the last thirty years;  - and fiestas, celebrations, and art, including mural and graffiti art. Tatum provides a brief overview of Mexican American social history, paying particular attention to changing cultural perspectives over the past 150 years and the evolution of el movimiento chicano. He also introduces theories of popular culture and makes them accessible to students, enabling them to better understand the material covered in the text. No other book offers such a wide-ranging introduction to these cultural expressions of Mexican Americans today. Chicano Popular Culture invites readers to share the excitement of these vital arts and, through them, to learn more about the uniqueness of America's fastest-growing minority. Chicano Popular Culture and Mexican Americans and Health are the first volumes in the series The Mexican American Experience, a cluster of modular texts designed to provide greater flexibility in undergraduate education. Each book deals with a single topic concerning the Mexican American population. 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Exploring the work of Rudolfo Anaya, Sandra Cisneros, Luis Alberto Urrea, and many more, Tatum examines the important social, historical, and cultural contexts in which the writing evolved, paying special attention to the Chicano Movement and the flourishing of literary texts during the 1960s and early 1970s. Chapters provide an overview of the most important theoretical and critical approaches employed by scholars over the past forty years and survey the major trends and themes in contemporary autobiography, memoir, fiction, and poetry.  The most complete and up-to-date introduction to Chicana\/o literature available, this book will be an ideal reference for scholars of Hispanic and American literature. 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