Josè Vasconcelos : the Prophet of Race.
JosT Vasconcelos was a controversial Mexican scholar who fostered an alternative view of the future. In JosT Vasconcelos: The Prophet of Race, his influential 1925 essay, "Mestizaje"--Key to understanding the role he played in the shaping of multiethnic America-is for the first time showca...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Español |
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New Brunswick, NJ :
Rutgers University Press,
2011.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | JosT Vasconcelos was a controversial Mexican scholar who fostered an alternative view of the future. In JosT Vasconcelos: The Prophet of Race, his influential 1925 essay, "Mestizaje"--Key to understanding the role he played in the shaping of multiethnic America-is for the first time showcased and properly analyzed. Ilan Stavans insightfully and comprehensively examines the essay in biographical and historical context, and considers how many in the United States, especially Chicanos during the civil rights era, used it as a platform for their political agenda. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (142 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9780813551043 0813551048 1283864576 9781283864572 |