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Chicano

Chicano (masculine form) or Chicana (feminine form) or Chicane (neutral form) is an ethnic identity for Mexican Americans that emerged from the Chicano Movement.

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Chicano

Nodes717
Edges716
Triples790
Avg. degree2
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Chicano

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related to Further reading · 100
Chicano → Acuña, Adobe, American Southwest, Arizona Press, Arte Publico Press, Arte Público Press, Arturo, Austin, Aztlan Rediscovered, Be Citizens, Blackwell, Boston, Brandywine Press, California Press, Chapel Hill, Chavez, Chicana Power, Chicano Art, Chicano Image, Chicano Movement
related to Spirituality · 41
Chicano → According, AnaLouise Keating, As, California, Catholic, Catholicism, Chicanos, Christian, Christianity, Co-creation, Creator, Dr, Eurocentric, Gloria Anzaldua's, Gonzales, Great Mystery, Hispanic, Hombres, In, Increasingly
related to Hispanic · 38
Chicano → Americas, Anglicized, Budget's, Central, Chicanismo, Chicano Movement, Colorado, Cuban, Directive No, Dominican, Etymologically, Federal Office, Following, Hispania, Hispanic, Hispano, Hispanoamerica, Hispanohablantes, Hispanos, Iberian Peninsula
related to Performance arts · 31
Chicano → Agustin Lira, All, Art, Asco, Christmas, Culture Clash, El Teatro Campesino, Great Delano Grape Strike, Gronk, Groups, Guadalupe, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Harry Gamboa Jr, Its, Los Angeles, Luis Valdez, Many, Nao Bustamante, Patssi Valdez, Royal Chicano Air Force
related to Reclaiming the term · 28
Chicano → African Americans, Anglo-American, At, Black, By, Chicamo, Chicanismo, English, Hispanic Texans, In, In Mexico, José Cuéllar, Manuel Gamio, Mesoamerican Cultures, Mexican, Mexican Americans, Mexican Revolution, Mexican-American, Mexicans, Mexico-U
related to Criminalization · 27
Chicano → American, Anglo-American, Arrest, Caló, Indian, Indigenous, Inquisition, La Matanza, Many, Mestizo, Mexican, Mexicans, Not, On-duty, One, Pachucos, Spanish, Texas, The, This
related to Ethnic identity · 27
Chicano → African, Alfred Arteaga, American, Americas, Anglo, Anglo-Americans, Arteaga, Aztec, Beautiful, Black, Boxer Rodolfo Gonzales, Brown Pride, Chicanos, European, He, Ian Haney López, Indigenous, It, Mexican, Mexican Americans
related to Cultural identity · 26
Chicano → Alienation, America, American, As, Barrios, Brazil, California, Central, Chicanos, Cholo, El Chava, England, Former, France, In, Japan, Los Angeles, Mexican, Mexican American, Māori
related to Etymology · 26
Chicano → According, Aztlán, Castilian, Ch, Huitzilopochtlil Mexitli, In, Indigenous, Mechicano, Meh-shee-tlee, Meshicano, Meshicas, Mexica, Mexican, Mexicano, Mexicas, Mexico, Mexihcatl, Mexitli, Nahuatl, Some
related to Film · 26
Chicano → Alambrista, Chicana/o, Chicana/os, Chicanos, Docudramas, Don't Bury Me Alive, Efraín Gutiérrez's Please, El Teatro Campesino's Yo, Esperanza Vasquez's Agueda Martínez, Gregorio Cortez, Gregory Nava's, Have Curves, However, Jesús Salvador Treviño's Raíces, Josefina López's Real Women, Luis Valdez's El Corrido, Luis Valdez's Zoot Suit, My Family/Mi, Robert, Sangre

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mexican chicanos american identity movement culture cultural political states indigenous chicana youth also art people used war united many community

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Chicanois asubject of some debate by historians0.90text
Chicanois aSpanish language derivative of an older Nahuatl word Mexitli0.90text
Chicanois along-standing endonym0.90text
the Los Angeles Timesinstance ofThese negative societal perceptions of Chicanos were amplified by media outlets0.80text
Rosalio Muñozinstance ofDraft evasion was a form of resistance for Chicano anti-war activists0.80text
Ernesto Vigilinstance ofDraft evasion was a form of resistance for Chicano anti-war activists0.80text
and Salomon Baldengroinstance ofDraft evasion was a form of resistance for Chicano anti-war activists0.80text
This Bridge Called My Backinstance ofAnthologies0.80text
the Canneryinstance ofCommunist-led organizations0.80text
Agricultural Workers' Industrial Unioninstance ofCommunist-led organizations0.80text
the idea presented in the Testerian Codices thatinstance ofexemplified through practices0.80text
Victuuminstance ofCharacters in books0.80text

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