Mexicans in California: Transformations and Challenges

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 part I. Work and Poverty 1. Poverty, Work, and Public Policy: Latino Futures in California’s New Economy 15 Manuel Pastor Jr. 2. Working Day Labor: Informal and Contingent Employment 36 Abel Valenzuela Jr. part II. Education and Achievement 3. Understanding and Addressing the California Latino Achievement Gap in Early Elementary School 61 Russell W. Rumberger and Brenda D. Arellano 4. Reaffirming Affirmative Action: An Equal Opportunity Analysis of Advanced Placement Courses and University Admissions 77 Armida Ornelas and Daniel G. Solórzano 5. Chicano Struggles for Racial Justice: The Movement’s Contribution to Social Theory 94 Ramón A. Gutiérrez 6. “Lifting As We Climb”: Educated Chicanas’ Social Identities and Commitment to Social Action 111 Aída Hurtado part III. Culture and Self-Representation 7. The Quebec Metaphor, Invasion, and Reconquest in Public Discourse on Mexican Immigration 133 Leo R. Chavez 8. Prime-Time Protest: Latinos and Network Television 155 Chon A. Noriega 9. The Politics of Passion: Poetics and Performance of La Canción Ranchera 168 Olga Nájera-Ramírez part IV. Culture and Violence 10. Conflict Resolution and Intimate Partner Violence among Mexicans on Both Sides of the Border 183 Yvette G. Flores and Enriqueta Valdez Curiel Bibliography 217 Contributors 243 Index 247 ...