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The purpose of this guide is to provide information on how to access articles, books, films to do research in Chicana/o Studies. Chicana/o Studies is an interdisciplinary and multi-method field that studies Chicana/o/x, Latina/o/x, and Indigenous cultures, communities, and experiences.
Image Source: Announcement Poster for Chicanos por la Paz. from CEMA collection at the University of California, Santa Barbara
What is a name? Learn more about the meanings of the ever-evolving labels for Hispanic, Latino, Chicano, etc.
- What does “Chicana/o” mean?History of the term Chicana/o as explained at the Department of Chicana/o Studies at UCSB.
- I say Hispanic. You say Latino. How did the whole thing start?Article about new book from UC Berkeley sociologist G. Cristina Mora who traces the commercial, political and cultural interests that colluded in the 1970s to create a national Hispanic identity and, in turn, boosted the political clout of Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Salvadorans, Guatemalans and other Latin Americans in the United States.