Chicano (The Sixties in America)
At a glance:
- Author: Abelardo B. Delgado
- First Published: 1969
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Discrimination, United States or Americans, Ethnic groups, Immigration or emigration, Acculturation, Minorities, Mexican Americans, Identity
The Work
In Chicano: Twenty-five Pieces of a Chicano Mind, Delgado (who published this collection under just his first name, Abelardo) seeks an artistic voice for Chicano (Mexican American) workers and their families, who during the 1960’s were often hired at extremely low wages to perform the exhausting, difficult work that other Americans no longer wanted to do. The plight of farmworkers, who joined in strikes organized by César Chávez, is the most dramatic example. The poems, some in Spanish, some in English, and some in both languages, speak of land, people, and...
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