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Five Generations of a Mexican American Family in Los Angeles

The Fuentes Story

von: Christina Chavez
44,99 €
Verlag:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	09.04.2007
ISBN/EAN:	9780742580169
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	198

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Titelbeschreibung

Despite their citizenship and English monolingualism, Mexican Americans have long been known to remain largely working class, which, academically, has meant that they tend to be mostly high school graduates, with low rates of college attendance and completion. Attempting to understand this phenomenon, Five Generations of a Mexican American Family in Los Angeles chronicles the home, work and school lives of the author's multigenerational family throughout the twentieth century. Using oral histories of 33 members across five generations, the Fuentes story illuminates the interaction between race, ethnicity and class at home, in the labor market and in schools, which circumscribe the opportunity and resources (or lack thereof) for academic success. Generally, findings show that these factors work together to reproduce the family's social standing over generations. Equally important, the analysis reveals how the persistence and strength of the Fuentes' heritage cultural values (buena educaci-n and familism) have insulated them from the continued threat of racial discrimination and economic hardship in American life. The Fuentes story provides the reader with a keen view of the process by which Fuentes' moved from immigrants to ethnic Americans, and shows how they have gracefully survived the harsh and unpredictable nature of being of a racial minority and the working class.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

Five Generations of a Mexican American Family in Los Angeles is an insider account of a multigenerational working-class Mexican American family in Los Angeles to explain Chicanos' persistent social status despite their citizenship and largely English monolingualism. Findings demonstrate that the interaction between race, ethnicity, and class factors at home, in the labor market and in schools reproduces the Fuentes family's social status. Nevertheless, the persistence of Mexican cultural values over generations insulates Fuentes members against discrimination and economic hardship.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction
 Chapter 2 The Researcher: My Story as Fuentes
 Chapter 3 My Story's Reflection on the Fuentes Story
 Chapter 4 The Fuentes Family and Me: A Prelude to an American Story
 Chapter 5 Organization of the Book
 Chapter 6
 Chapter 1: The Fuentes Family: An Overview across Generations
 Chapter 7 Generations of the Fuentes Family
 Chapter 8 Family Time: Fuentes Family Inter- and Intra-Generation Activity
 Chapter 9 The Fuentes Family as Working-Class Americans
 Chapter 10 Getting to Know the Fuentes: Sketches of Participants
 Chapter 11
 Chapter 2: Home,
 Chapter I: The Original Fuentes Home
 Chapter 12 The Original Fuentes Home: First-Generation Parents Raising Children
 Chapter 13 General Mexican Traditions in the Fuentes Family
 Chapter 14 First Generation's System of Values
 Chapter 15
 Chapter 3: Home,
 Chapter II: Later-Generation Fuentes Homes
 Chapter 16 Fuentes Parents' Aspirations Over the Generations
 Chapter 17 Change and Continuity in the Values of Later Generation Fuentes Families
 Chapter 18 Summary
 Chapter 19
 Chapter 4: Fuentes' at Work
 Chapter 20 The Labor Market and Economy
 Chapter 21 The Connection Between Home Values and the World of Work
 Chapter 22 Entering the Workforce
 Chapter 23 Fuentes' Resources for Finding Work
 Chapter 24 Getting Certified to Get Qualified
 Chapter 25 Summary
 Chapter 26
 Chapter 5: School,
 Chapter I: Fuentes' in Schools
 Chapter 27 Los Angeles County and Valley Schools
 Chapter 28 School Experiences From Kindergarten to High School
 Chapter 29 Teachers, Mentors and Classes
 Chapter 30 Fuentes' in Trouble: Drifting Away and Dropping Out
 Chapter 31 The Fuentes' Future: The Fifth Generation in Schools Today
 Chapter 32 Summary
 Chapter 33
 Chapter 6: School,
 Chapter II: Fuentes' Homes, Language and Literacy
 Chapter 34 Language Patterns
 Chapter 35 The Significance of Language and Literacy in the Fuentes Homes
 Chapter 36
 Chapter 7: Fuentes Homes and School: Parent Involvement
 Chapter 37 Fuentes Parents' Perceptions of Children's Performance and Schooling
 Chapter 38 Fuentes Parent Role in Their Children's Schooling
 Chapter 39 How Fuentes Parents Help with School
 Chapter 40 What It Means to be Fuentes Parents in American Schools
 Chapter 41
 Chapter 8: Conclusion: What the Fuentes Family Teaches Us
 Chapter 42 Intersections: Race, Ethnicity and Class in the Family and School
 Chapter 43 Intersections: Race, Ethnicity and Class Between Family and Work
 Chapter 44 What We Can Learn From the Fuentes Family: Strategies to Improve Mexican American/Latino Student Performance

Autorenportrait

A graduate of Stanford's School of Education, Dr. Christina Chavez is now an assistant professor at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in the Liberal Studies Department. She teaches undergraduate teacher candidate courses in the history of education and politics of teaching, families and schools, and language, culture and identity. Her research interests are in Latino families, later-generation Chicanos, minority teacher education, and language and literacy issues of linguistic and racial minority students.