MEXICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE

MEXICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE
An Internet Hotlist on CHICANO MOVEMENT

created by Marilyn Abramowitz
Mineola High School Library

Introduction
Learn about the Chicano Movement as it relates to Sandra Cisneros' HOUSE ON MANGO STREET and other literature of that genre.

The Internet Resources

'His Story' - a poem by Sandra Cisneros -
A History of Mexican Americans in California -
Bracero Program - The program supplied US farmers with cheap labor and Mexican workers the opportunity to work in the US, and then to be deported (has been called 'legalized slavery' by critics).
Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement - review of the film
Culture and Society of México -
LEGACY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT - a Hotlist containing links regarding Cesar Chavez and the Migrant Farm Workers Union
Labor Rights Are Civil Rights: Mexican American Workers in 20th-Century America - description of the book's contents
Luisa Moreno and the Beginnings of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement in San Diego -
Making Face, Making Soul - a Chicana feminist homepage
Mexican American Voices -
Mexican Immigrant Labor History -
Mexican-American Culture - The Chicano Civil Rights Movement and related resources
Poems by Sandra Cisneros -
Sandra Cisneros - a biography

Content by Marilyn Abramowitz, mabramowitz@mineola.k12.ny.us
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listchicanoma.html
Last revised Fri Nov 20 9:54:09 US/Pacific 2009