In this Book
- Aztlán: Essays on the Chicano Homeland, Revised and Expanded Edition
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: University of New Mexico Press
- Series: Querencias Series
During the Chicano Movement in the 1960s and 1970s, the idea of Aztlán, homeland of the ancient Aztecs, served as a unifying force in an emerging cultural renaissance. Does the term remain useful? This expanded new edition of the classic 1989 collection of essays about Aztlán weighs its value. To encompass new developments in the discourse the editors have added six new essays.
During the Chicano Movement in the 1960s and 1970s, the idea of Aztlán, homeland of the ancient Aztecs, served as a unifying force in an emerging cultural renaissance. Does the term remain useful? This expanded new edition of the classic 1989 collection of essays about Aztlán weighs its value. To encompass new developments in the discourse the editors have added six new essays.
Table of Contents

- List of Illustrations
- pp. xi-xii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Part 1: Aztlán as Myth and Historical Conscience
- 1: El plan espiritual de Aztlán
- pp. 25-30
- Part 2: Historicizing the Dialectics of Aztlán
- 7: In Search of Aztlán
- pp. 149-158
- 9: The Vicissitudes Of Aztlán
- pp. 183-192
- Part 3: Redefining Aztlán as a Discursive Concept
- 11: Refiguring Aztlán
- pp. 209-238
- 12: The Homeland, Aztlán otro México
- pp. 239-252
- 15: Aztlán, Cíbola, and Frontier New Spain
- pp. 289-308
- Part 4: Comparative Applications of Aztlán
- Contributors
- pp. 417-424
- Back Cover
- p. 425