Researching Chicano Communities: Social-Historical, Physical, Psychological, and

Description: Researching Chicano Communities by Irene I. Blea This is a multifaceted approach to understanding one of the nations largest ethnic communities. The use of the Chicana feminist perspective lends not only a gender role analysis, but also demonstrates the structure and function of the balance of personal and social control within the context of the community. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This is a multifaceted approach to understanding one of the nations largest ethnic communities. Blea incorporates community social history, physical, psychological, and spiritual space. The book strives to teach the student how to do research in an ethnic community. It also describes what is already understood about those communities and defines the nature of the 25 year old discipline of Chicano studies. The use of the Chicana feminist perspective lends not only a gender role analysis, but also demonstrates the structure and function of the balance of personal and social control within the context of the community. Author Biography IRENE ISABEL BLEA is the chairperson of the Department of Chicano Studies at California State University in Los Angeles. Blea received her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado and has been affiliated with the University of New Mexico, University of Texas at Austin, and Metropolitan State College of Denver. Her previous books include La Chicana and the Intersection of Race, Class and Gender(Praeger, 1991), Bessemer: A Sociological Perspective of a Chicano Barrio(1991), and Toward A Chicano Social Science (Praeger, 1988). Table of Contents IntroductionDefining CommunityReviewing the LiteratureMethodology and the Study of Racial and Ethnic CommunitiesEntering the Field and Gathering DataAnalyzing and Creating Social SpaceChicana Feminist StudiesLiberation of the Chicano CommunityLinking Theory to PracticeContemporary IssuesHealing a NationBibliographyIndex Review ?Bleas work is significant because she is one of the first Chicanas or Chicanos who have raised apparently obvious questions that could be explored in more depth, but have been ignored. Blea deals with identity, as well as the usual sociological exercise of reviewing the literature, methodology, how to enter Chicano/a studies, and linking theory to practice. Discussion of these fundamental topics makes this book valuable in understanding wotk on Chicanas/os...General readers; undergraduates.?-Choice"Bleas work is significant because she is one of the first Chicanas or Chicanos who have raised apparently obvious questions that could be explored in more depth, but have been ignored. Blea deals with identity, as well as the usual sociological exercise of reviewing the literature, methodology, how to enter Chicano/a studies, and linking theory to practice. Discussion of these fundamental topics makes this book valuable in understanding wotk on Chicanas/os...General readers; undergraduates."-Choice Promotional A comprehensive approach to the study of the Chicano population of the United States. Long Description This is a multifaceted approach to understanding one of the nations largest ethnic communities. Blea incorporates community social history, physical, psychological, and spiritual space. The book strives to teach the student how to do research in an ethnic community. It also describes what is already understood about those communities and defines the nature of the 25 year old discipline of Chicano studies. The use of the Chicana feminist perspective lends not only a gender role analysis, but also demonstrates the structure and function of the balance of personal and social control within the context of the community. Review Quote "Bleas work is significant because she is one of the first Chicanas or Chicanos who have raised apparently obvious questions that could be explored in more depth, but have been ignored. Blea deals with identity, as well as the usual sociological exercise of reviewing the literature, methodology, how to enter Chicano/a studies, how to analyze the field, Chicana feminist studies, and linking theory to practice. Discussion of these fundamental topics makes the book vaulable in understanding work on Chicanas/os...General readers; undergraduates." Choice Promotional "Headline" A comprehensive approach to the study of the Chicano population of the United States. Details ISBN0275952193 Author Irene I. Blea Short Title RESEARCHING CHICANO COMMUNITIE Pages 176 Language English ISBN-10 0275952193 ISBN-13 9780275952198 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1995 Country of Publication United States Illustrations bibliography, index Place of Publication Westport Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc Subtitle Social-Historical, Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual Space DOI 10.1604/9780275952198 UK Release Date 1995-09-14 AU Release Date 1995-09-14 NZ Release Date 1995-09-14 US Release Date 1995-09-14 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Publication Date 1995-09-14 Alternative 9780275949747 DEWEY 305.86872073 Audience Undergraduate Audience Age 7-17 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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