Assault on Mexican American Collective Memory, 2010-2015: Swimming with Sharks

This book uses a micro-narrative structure to explore the assault on the collective memory of Mexican Americans in the Southwest United States from 2010-2016. These communities' survival depends on their histories and identities, which are being quickly erased by gentrification and dispersal, neoliberalism and privatization. This issue is most apparent in the education system, where Mexican American students receive inferior educations and lack access to higher education. Avoiding the overly-theoretical macro-narrative, this book uses case studies and micro-narratives to suggest possible changes and actions to address this issue. It also explores how the erasure of Mexican Americans' history and identity mirrors society as a whole.

Author: Rodolfo Acuña
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 05/28/2019
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d
ISBN13: 9781498548250
ISBN10: 1498548253
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Hispanic American Studies
- Political Science | Human Rights
- Social Science | Minority Studies

About the Author
Rodolfo F. Acuña is professor emeritus of Chicano studies at California State University, Northridge.