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El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition

David E. Hayes-Bautista
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Description:Why is Cinco de Mayo--a holiday commemorating a Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862--so widely celebrated in California and across the United States, when it is scarcely observed in Mexico? As David E. Hayes-Bautista explains, the holiday is not Mexican at all, but rather an American one, created by Latinos in California during the mid-nineteenth century. Hayes-Bautista shows how the meaning of Cinco de Mayo has shifted over time--it embodied immigrant nostalgia in the 1930s, U.S. patriotism during World War II, Chicano Power in the 1960s and 1970s, and commercial intentions in the 1980s and 1990s. Today, it continues to reflect the aspirations of a community that is engaged, empowered, and expanding.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition. To get started finding El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
302
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
University of California Press
Release
2012
ISBN
0520272137

El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition

David E. Hayes-Bautista
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
Read Now Download now ⏭ listen AudioBook
Description: Why is Cinco de Mayo--a holiday commemorating a Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862--so widely celebrated in California and across the United States, when it is scarcely observed in Mexico? As David E. Hayes-Bautista explains, the holiday is not Mexican at all, but rather an American one, created by Latinos in California during the mid-nineteenth century. Hayes-Bautista shows how the meaning of Cinco de Mayo has shifted over time--it embodied immigrant nostalgia in the 1930s, U.S. patriotism during World War II, Chicano Power in the 1960s and 1970s, and commercial intentions in the 1980s and 1990s. Today, it continues to reflect the aspirations of a community that is engaged, empowered, and expanding.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition. To get started finding El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
302
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
University of California Press
Release
2012
ISBN
0520272137

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