Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xix
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 A De/Colonial Aesthetic: Whiteness and Mexican American Politics (1848–1965) 25
8. 2 A Poetics of Apathy: The Farmworkers’ Movement and El Plan de Delano (1966) 42
9. 3 A Poetics of Ambivalence: “I Am Joaquin” and the Year of La Raza (1967) 68
10. 4 A Poetics of Relationality: The Invention of a Global Raza (1968) 105
11. 5 A Poetics Otherwise: (Re)Bordering Mexican American Politics (1969) 122
12. 6 A Poetics of Deferral: La Raza, Ruben Salazar, and a Global Violence (1970) 147
13. Conclusion 181
14. Notes 195
15. Bibliography 215
16. Index 237