Below I’ll give you my selections for the best Chicano books by a few categories. I will cover these and other great books more in depth later.
- From Indians to Chicanos: The Dynamics of Mexican-American Culture (2011)
- Chicano Movement For Beginners (2016)
- Chicana and Chicano Mental Health: Alma, Mente y Corazón (The Mexican American Experience) (2013)
- The Chicano Studies Reader: An Anthology of Aztlán, 1970-2015 (Aztlan Anthology) (2016)
- Chicana and Chicano Art: ProtestArte (The Mexican American Experience) (2009)
- Chicana Movidas: New Narratives of Activism and Feminism in the Movement Era (2018)
- The Chicano Experience: An Alternative Perspective (2016)
- Chicano Communists and the Struggle for Social Justice (2019)
- Chicano: A Novel (2005)
- ¡Chicana Power!: Contested Histories of Feminism in the Chicano Movement (Chicana Matters) (2011)
- Growing Up Chicana/O: The Joys, Pains, Frustrations & Triumphs of Mexican American Children : 20 Chicana/O Writers (1995)
From Indians to Chicanos: The Dynamics of Mexican-American Culture (2011)
Anthropologist-historian James Diego Vigil distills an enormous amount of information to provide a perceptive ethnohistorical introduction to the Mexican-American experience in the United States.
Chicano Movement For Beginners (2016)
As the heyday of the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s to early 70s fades further into history and as more and more of its important figures pass on, so too does knowledge of its significance. Thus, Chicano Movement For Beginners is an important attempt to stave off historical amnesia.
Chicana and Chicano Mental Health: Alma, Mente y Corazón (The Mexican American Experience) (2013)
Spirit, mind, and heart—in traditional Mexican health beliefs all three are inherent to maintaining psychological balance.
The Chicano Studies Reader: An Anthology of Aztlán, 1970-2015 (Aztlan Anthology) (2016)
Looks at the roots of the culture wars in 1960s America details how conservatives have been faced with undeniable change and examines the partisan nature of American culture today #53,431 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #935 in Words, Language & Grammar (Books) #28 in Hispanic American Demographic Studies #159 in United States History (Books) Would you like to ?If you are a seller for this product, would you like to ?
Chicana and Chicano Art: ProtestArte (The Mexican American Experience) (2009)
This is the first book solely dedicated to the history, development, and present-day flowering of Chicana and Chicano visual arts. It offers readers an opportunity to understand and appreciate Chicana/o art from its beginnings in the 1960s, its relationship to the Chicana/o Movement and its leading artists, themes, current directions, and cultural impacts.
Chicana Movidas: New Narratives of Activism and Feminism in the Movement Era (2018)
With contributions from a wide array of scholars and activists, including leading Chicana feminists from the period, this groundbreaking anthology is the first collection of scholarly essays and testimonios that focuses on Chicana organizing, activism, and leadership in the movement years.
The Chicano Experience: An Alternative Perspective (2016)
Mirandé offers a detailed examination of Chicano social history and culture that includes studies of: Chicano labor and the economy; the Mexican immigrant and the U.S.-Mexico border conflict; the evolution of Chicano criminality; the American educational system and its impact on Chicano culture; the tensions between the institutional Church and Chicanos; and the myths and misconceptions of “machismo.” #143,944 in…
Chicano Communists and the Struggle for Social Justice (2019)
In the 1930s and 1940s the early roots of the Chicano Movement took shape. Activists like Jesús Cruz, and later Ralph Cuarón, sought justice for miserable working conditions and the poor treatment of Mexican Americans and immigrants through protests and sit-ins.
Chicano: A Novel (2005)
A bestseller when it was published in 1970 at the height of the Mexican-American civil rights movement, unfolds the fates and fortunes of the Sandoval family, who flee the chaos and poverty of the Mexican Revolution and begin life anew in the United States. Patriarch Hector Sandoval works the fields and struggles to provide for his family even as he faces discrimination and injustice. Of his children, only Pete Sandoval is able to create a brighter existence, at least for a time.
¡Chicana Power!: Contested Histories of Feminism in the Chicano Movement (Chicana Matters) (2011)
The first book-length study of women’s involvement in the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s, ¡Chicana Power! tells the powerful story of the emergence of Chicana feminism within student and community-based organizations throughout southern California and the Southwest.
Growing Up Chicana/O: The Joys, Pains, Frustrations & Triumphs of Mexican American Children : 20 Chicana/O Writers (1995)
A collection of stories by twenty Mexican Americans deal with the issues of growing up Chicano #8,637,668 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #24912 in Ethnic Demographic Studies #7507 in Minority Demographic Studies #4261 in Hispanic American Demographic Studies Would you like to ?If you are a seller for this product, would you like to ?
Best Chicano Books: The Ultimate List
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Brown, Not White: School Integration and the Chicano Movement in Houston
Author(s): San Miguel, Guadalupe
ID: 2388554, Publisher: TAMU Press [Imprint], Texas A & M University Press, Year: Oct. 2005, Size: 2 Mb, Format: pdf
Chicano-Chicana Americana: Pop Culture Pluralism Starring Anthony Quinn, Katy Jurado, Robert Beltran, and Lupe Ontiveros
Author(s): Anthony Macías
ID: 3636441, Publisher: University of Arizona Press, Year: 2023, Size: 5 Mb, Format: pdf
Chicano Bakes: Recipes for Mexican Pan Dulce, Tamales, and My Favorite Desserts
Author(s): Esteban Castillo
ID: 3464549, Publisher: Harper Design, Year: 2022, Size: 250 Mb, Format: epub
Please note that this booklist is not absolute. Some books are really record-breakers according to The New York Times, others are composed by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant books you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.