A comprehensive approach to the study of the Chicano population of the United States.
This is a multifaceted approach to understanding one of the nation's largest ethnic communities. Blea incorporates community social history, physical, psychological, and spiritual space. The book strives to teach the student how to do research in an ethnic community. It also describes what is already understood about those communities and defines the nature of the 25 year old discipline of Chicano studies. The use of the Chicana feminist perspective lends not only a gender role analysis, but also demonstrates the structure and function of the balance of personal and social control within the context of the community.
Introduction
Defining Community
Reviewing the Literature
Methodology and the Study of Racial and Ethnic Communities
Entering the Field and Gathering Data
Analyzing and Creating Social Space
Chicana Feminist Studies
Liberation of the Chicano Community
Linking Theory to Practice
Contemporary Issues
Healing a Nation
Bibliography
Index