Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vii
List of Acronyms ix
Introduction: The Study of Popular Culture 3
Labels and Terms 3
Historical Background 5
Organization of This Book 22
Suggested Readings 23
1 Definitions and Theoretical Approaches to Popular Culture 24
Definitions of Popular Culture 24
Theoretical Approaches to Popular Culture 26
Discussion Questions 41
Suggested Readings 42
2 Music 43
Popular Hispanic Folk Music of the Southwest 43
Música Tejana 52
Chicano Music on the West Coast 61
Transregional Chicano Music 75
Discussion Questions 79
Suggested Readings 80
3 Cinema 81
Race and Ethnicity in American Movies 81
Hollywood's Portrayal of Mexicans and Mexican Americans from the 1910s Through the 1970s 83
Chicano Cinema 89
Chicano Feature-Length Films Since the 1970s 90
Hollywood Hispanic Films 107
The Current State of Chicanos in U.S. Cinema 112
Appendix: Chicano Cinema of the Late 1960s Through the 1990s 123
Discussion Questions 129
Suggested Readings 129
4 Newspapers, Radio, and Television 131
Newspapers 131
Radio 142
Television 149
Discussion Questions 161
Suggested Readings 162
5 Popular Literature 164
Popular Writers Pre-1965 165
The Chicano Movement and the Forming of an Artistic Consciousness 168
The Ascendancy of Popular Writing by Chicanas 183
Current Chicano Popular Literature 188
Discussion Questions 206
Suggested Readings 207
6 Art 208
Popular Art 208
Discussion Questions 237
Suggested Readings 238
7 Celebrations and Other Popular Traditions 239
Celebrations 239
The Popular Oral Tradition 247
Appendix of Dichos/Refranes 249
Discussion Questions 250
Suggested Readings 250
Conclusion 251
Bibliography 253
Index 267
