http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/ccs_ucsb/rss Recent eScholarship items from Chicano Studies Institute Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:36:44 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/33z1t5c0 Photographs of items in the exhibit along with descriptions. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/33z1t5c0 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Editors, Editors https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2xj053c0 The Promise of the Jaguar: Indigeneity in Contemporary Chicana/o Graphic Art https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2xj053c0 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Navarro, Jenell https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9sz5v4nr Re-Enchanting the Land of Enchantment: Religious Regeneration in a Native/Chicanx Community https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9sz5v4nr Tue, 26 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Avalos, Natalie https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7943z6vh Classic Mayan Mestizaje https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7943z6vh Tue, 26 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Aldana, Gerardo https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4gm205sx Case Study for the Development of a Visual Grammar: Mayahuel and Maguey as Teotl in the Directional Tree Pages of the Codex Borgia https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4gm205sx Tue, 26 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Lopez, Felicia https://escholarship.org/uc/item/21h949kz Table of Contents https://escholarship.org/uc/item/21h949kz Tue, 26 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Editors, Editors https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0j33s331 Introduction to the volume. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0j33s331 Tue, 26 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Aldana, Gerardo https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0gq0v948 Opening remarks at the exhibit opening. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0gq0v948 Tue, 26 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Güereña, Salvador https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2rm385mv CHST Newsletter, A Year in Review, 2016-17 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2rm385mv Fri, 15 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Aldana, Gerardo https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9s8751db CHST Newsletter, Winter 2013 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9s8751db Wed, 13 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Hurtado, Aida https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7dz7m4nj CHST Newsletter, Spring 2013 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7dz7m4nj Wed, 13 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Hurtado, Aida https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6cp7f0sp CHST Newsletter, Spring 2011 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6cp7f0sp Wed, 13 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Hurtado, Aida https://escholarship.org/uc/item/62b8d10p CHST Newsletter, Fall 2010 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/62b8d10p Wed, 13 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Hurtado, Aida https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4bf6b5h7 CHST Newsletter, Spring 2010 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4bf6b5h7 Wed, 13 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Hurtado, Aida https://escholarship.org/uc/item/48k120k3 CHST Newsletter, Winter 2010 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/48k120k3 Wed, 13 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Hurtado, Aida https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3zb2t8k3 CHST Newsletter, Fall 2012 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3zb2t8k3 Wed, 13 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Hurtado, Aida https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2bf8q36r CHST Newsletter, Winter 2012 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2bf8q36r Wed, 13 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Hurtado, Aida https://escholarship.org/uc/item/18r0z68v CHST Newsletter, Fall 2011 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/18r0z68v Wed, 13 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Hurtado, Aida https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4x29k460 <p>In 2009 the Santa Barbara School District launched an intervention program for some of the students identified by school personnel as possibly involved in gangs. In this pilot year the program was evaluated by a research team led by Dr. Victor Rios, from the University of California, Santa Barbara, to document the program’s implementation, analyze program efficacy, and determine student needs. This evaluation included qualitative pre test surveys completed by 59 students and qualitative post test surveys completed by 84 students. These surveys were designed to measure the students’ attitudes towards school, community and family, and also allowed for the confidential reporting of violence, victimization, crime and gang-involvement. The evaluation also consisted of participant observations of group sessions, events and workshops in which four researchers shadowed the outreach worker to witness the immediate impact participation in the program had on students. The evaluators also... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4x29k460 Tue, 2 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Rios, Victor M., Ph.D. Lopez-Aguado, Patrick Galicia, Mario Lopez-Tello, Gisselle Flores, Jerry Sarabia, Rachel https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9907b4t3 <p>As the Santa Barbara County Grand Jury noted in its June 16, 2008 report on anti-gang efforts, approximately 90% of South Coast gang activity involves Latinos. This situation compels a thorough analysis of the factors that contribute to gang formation in local Latino communities. As regards youth violence prevention, research directs our attention to Latino families in particular, not because these families are inherently deficient or dysfunctional, but rather because they may be strongly impacted by economic hardship and may be underserved by local institutions. This report collects the thoughts of fifty local leaders, program administrators, and service providers, all of whom were asked to offer their ideas regarding how to reduce gang violence, and how to more productively engage Latino families in the process. As this report demonstrates, many local leaders who work closely with the Latino communities on the South Coast believe that strengthening Latino families will... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9907b4t3 Wed, 7 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Gutierrez-Jones, Carl https://escholarship.org/uc/item/97r0p11k <p>To better understand the significance and implications of the 2006 pro-immigrant rights marches on Latina/o political behavior, it is imperative to study why this particular example of Latina/o mobilization proved to be so effectively organized. The essay examines how the U.S. Latino population, sometimes called the ‘sleeping giant,’ was finally awoken by focusing on the methods of political mobilization that were chosen by the Gran Marcha organizers. The author also examines how the 2006 strategies differed from those employed in the past.</p> https://escholarship.org/uc/item/97r0p11k Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Reyes, Corinna A, Ph.D. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7797b4bq <p>The paper addresses various questions that need to be taken in consideration in any discussion regarding the privatization of the federally-managed Mexican oil company, Pemex. In the first part of this essay, the author provides a brief history of Pemex in order to emphasize the circumstances under which the oil sector in Mexico was nationalized. In the second part, he discusses Mexico-United States relations regarding oil because the United States is currently the major consumer of Mexico’s oil. The third section looks at the current problems that Pemex needs to address as soon as possible if it wants to maintain its status as an oil exporter.</p> https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7797b4bq Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Huizar, Richard https://escholarship.org/uc/item/763528t0 <p>This essay explores the author’s notion of “participatory narrative” as it examines efforts to create a space of social belonging where diverse voices, particularly (homo)sexual Latino men’s voices, become audible and navigable to witness. In this vein, the author examines the development of digital interactive venues as one key method in providing access to histories that largely go unnoticed: histories that remain invisible to most audiences. Such venues allow Latino men to discuss their histories individually. At the same time, all participants bear witness to each other’s testimonies. The venue thus becomes a transformative site of healing and growth. The dialogue process becomes a form of participatory witnessing that enables one to come face to face with the ethnographic histories of (homo)sexual Latino men. The author argues that the notion of participatory narrative creates a space of social belonging where dialogue can transmit the potential of a social landscape... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/763528t0 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Ramirez, Christopher https://escholarship.org/uc/item/61r5p9x3 <p>A report published in 2000 by the American Philosophical Association Committee on Hispanics/Latinos, found little more than 2 percent of the graduate student body in the field of philosophy was Latina/o. Latina/o students are dispersed throughout many different programs across the country, often leaving them isolated from other under-represented students who may share similar perspectives and concerns. Being isolated often leads to introspection and, in particular, questions regarding how one fits into the profession. The problem of under-representation prompts the following questions. First, could this problem be rooted historically in the discourse of canonical philosophers studied by contemporary graduate students? Then, what is some of the content of this historically-rooted prejudice? Further, what seems to be the contemporary trend in dealing with questions of under-representation in the field? Finally, what can under-represented minority students do in order to... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/61r5p9x3 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Haro, José A https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5vs7f88p <p>For students of color in college preparation educational programs, messages of exceptional ability have significant and unique effects. Being a student of color in a society that privileges whiteness, the few students of color who are actually in these programs face difficulties that white students do not. While high-achieving white students face the possibility of being called “nerds” or “dorks,” high-achieving students of color face the possibility of being accused of “acting white” and therefore being ostracized by their friends of color. Thus, what it means to have a high-achieving identity is qualitatively different for students of color than white students. In light of this, we are forced to ask: what do “high-achieving” identities look like for students of color? More specifically: what do high-achieving identities look like for students of Mexican-descent? In what ways do these students react to constant messages of superiority? How do their high-achieving identities... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5vs7f88p Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Medrano, Catherine R https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3r9686nk <p>Most social capital research in the United States has tended to address issues concerning a middle class white population and little has addressed specific health outcomes. Even though it is frequently presented positively, social capital might have a negative relationship for more socially and economically vulnerable populations like Mexican immigrants. For example, social capital is negatively related to Mexican women’s wages, while positively related for non-Latino white women. It is clear that social capital does not guarantee positive outcomes. The currency of social capital is found in the relationships that people have, as the resources embedded in the community remain dormant until they are activated by individuals who pass along information through social interactions. Often overlooked is that negative information and resources can be transferred as well as positive. This paper examines two health outcomes--diabetes and obesity--to explore how social capital... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3r9686nk Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Granberry, Phillip J https://escholarship.org/uc/item/43w9p02g <p>In the academic literature and the media, attention is focused on adult undocumented immigrants who are more visible and whose progress through the labor market and the immigration bureaucracy can be more easily traced. As more immigrant families relocate to different areas of the United States, it is imperative for educators, health service providers, researchers, and policy makers to become familiar with their needs and contributions to society, especially those of immigrant youth. Although undocumented immigrant students face many stressors and barriers, many overcome these obstacles, become academically successful role models, and continue to make a difference in many lives. Resilient undocumented immigrant youth are making valuable contributions in our society.</p> https://escholarship.org/uc/item/43w9p02g Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Coronado, Heidi M https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3hk3554g <p>Maria Guadalupe Vélez de Villalobos, named after Our Lady of Guadalupe, an important icon of Mexican religiosity, ironically, became one of the most exoticized Latin temptresses of Classical Hollywood cinema during the 1940s. Today, Vélez is remembered as a Mexicana that broke into Hollywood during the silent era, only to later become one of the most hyper-sexualized Latinas in United States film history. The author began to research Vélez because she wanted to learn more about what writers seemed to be avoiding and it is for this reason that she discusses the silent film history from the perspective of a film archivist. The author hopes that the research can perhaps begin to unravel why the silent period of Vélez's career has so often been left in the dark.</p> https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3hk3554g Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Alcala, Janet C https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7gv8n2bz Humor, Literacy and Chicano Culture https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7gv8n2bz Sat, 4 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Gutierrez-Jones, Carl https://escholarship.org/uc/item/52q817fq Putting Literacy in Its Place: Nomadic Consciousness and the Practice of Transcultural Repositioning https://escholarship.org/uc/item/52q817fq Sat, 4 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Guerra, Juan C. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2d05x6r6 Ana Castillo’s The Mixquiahuala Letters: A Postmodern Feminist Literacy https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2d05x6r6 Sat, 4 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Mujcinovic, Fatima https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1x89x8cc <p>Immigrant and migrant farm workers from Mexico and other countries are large and growing in number and in importance to U.S. agriculture, but they often are not counted in the decennial census due to high mobility, illegal status, and/or unconventional housing. This report is based on ethnographic research conducted in California's Santa Maria Valley, an active agricultural area rich in labor-intensive cultivation of prime vegetable and fruit crops. Calculations of crop acreage, man-hours of labor required for each crop, and full- and part-time agricultural employees are verified and augmented by information gained from comprehensive interviews with immigrant and migrant agricultural workers concerning their migratory and employment histories, housing arrangements, and relationships to Mexican communities.</p><p>The report concludes that routine census procedures can only result in a significant under-reporting of numbers of immigrant and, particularly, migrant farm workers... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1x89x8cc Sat, 4 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Palerm, Juan Vicente https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0jf780sv Latinos in Isla Vista: A Report on the Quality of Life Among Latino Immigrants https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0jf780sv Sat, 4 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Segura, Denise A. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/92q564cm We Want Our Town Back!: Housing Discrimination and Exclusion https://escholarship.org/uc/item/92q564cm Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Haley, Brian