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Cartographic Memory
Social Movement Activism and the Production of Space
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Juan Herrera
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Funded by:
UCLA
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2022
About this book
In Cartographic Memory, Juan Herrera maps 1960s Chicano movement activism in the Latinx neighborhood of Fruitvale in Oakland, California, showing how activists there constructed a politics forged through productions of space. From Chicano-inspired street murals to the architecture of restaurants and shops, Herrera shows how Fruitvale’s communities and spaces serve as a palpable, living record of movement politics and achievements. Drawing on oral histories with Chicano activists, ethnography, and archival research, Herrera analyzes how activism has shaped Fruitvale. Herrera examines the ongoing nature of activism through nonprofit organizations and urban redevelopment projects like the Fruitvale Transit Village that root movements in place. Revealing that the social justice activism in Fruitvale fights for a space that does not yet exist, Herrera brings to life contentious politics about the nature of Chicanismo, Latinidad, and belonging while foregrounding the lasting social and material legacies of movements so often relegated to the past.
Author / Editor information
Juan Herrera is Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Reviews
“In Cartographic Memory, Juan Herrera carefully and elegantly examines Chicano movement activism and its legacies in Oakland, California’s Fruitvale neighborhood. . . . In these two ways—its analysis of the movement’s dynamic production of space, and in its focus on Oakland—Cartographic Memory is a signal achievement.”
-- Laura Barraclough Society and Space
"This book will helpfully inform the next generation of geographers, activists, and students on the crucial impact space has on social movements, and the ways social movements shape space and place."
-- Aída R. Guhlincozzi Environment, Space, Place
"Cartographic Memory is a well argued and important addition to the historiographies of social movement history and geographic place-making."
-- Jazmin Muñoz Journal of American Ethnic History
-- Jazmin Muñoz Journal of American Ethnic History
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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INTRODUCTION: PUTTING FRUITVALE ON THE “MAP”
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1 MAKING PLACE
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2 THE OTHER MINORITY
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3 REVOLUTION INTERRUPTED
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4 DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PEOPLE!
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5 MAPPING INTERLINKAGES
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CONCLUSION: ACTIVISM IN SPACE-TIME
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NOTES
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REFERENCES
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INDEX
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
January 29, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9781478092735
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook ISBN:
9781478092735
Audience(s) for this book
For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
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BY-NC-ND 4.0
