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CHAPTER 5: The Chicano Cultural Renaissance
By Rita Sanchez, M.A. – Professor Emerita Mesa College Isidro Ortiz, Ph.D. – Professor Chicana and Chicano Studies San Diego State University Let’s Keep the Conversation Going: 1. When did the Chicano Renaissance occur? 2. What roots and aspects of Chicano cultural heritage were celebrated in the Renaissance? 3. Why did cultural workers in San Diego call themselves artivists? 4. What goals did the artivists pursue? 5. What major contributions did Chicana artivists make in the cultural blossoming in San Diego? 6. What institutions, events and celebrations are legacies of the Chicano Cultural Renaissance? 7. Does Chicano cultural expression and production continue in San Diego today? If so, how? Additional Resources 1. Ella Maria Diaz, Flying Under the Radar with the Royal Chicano Air Force: Mapping a Chicano Art History (University of Arizona Press, 2017). 2. Carlos Francisco Jackson, Chicana and Chicano Art: Protest/Arte (University of Arizona Press, 2009). 3. Chicano Renaissance: Contemporary Cultural Trends , eds. David R. Maciel, Isidro D. Ortiz and Maria Herrera-Sobek (University of Arizona Press, 2000). 4. Alberto Pulido and Rigoberto Reyes, San Diego Lowriders: A History of Cars and Cruising (The History Press, 2017). 5. Rita Sanchez, “Chicanas in the Arts,” Chicano San Diego: Cultural Space and the Struggle for Justice , ed. Richard Griswold del Castillo (University of Arizona Press, 2008). 6. Rita Sanchez, “Imagenes de La Chicana” (Stanford University, 1973). 7. Rita Sanchez, “Vision de La Mujer” (San Diego State University, 1976). 8. Chicana Tributes, Activist Women of the Civil Rights Movement , eds. Rita Sanchez and Sonia Lopez (Moctezuma Publishing, 2017). 9. Charles Tatum, Chicano and Chicana Literature: Otra Voz del Pueblo (University of Arizona Press, 2006). 10. Luis Valdez, Theater of the Sphere: The Vibrant Being (Routledge, 2021). 11. Claudia Zapata, Terezita Romo, Carmen Ramos and Tatiana Reinoza, Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now (Princeton University Press, 2020).
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