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The Cinematic Cholo In Havoc, Richard Mora
The Cinematic Cholo In Havoc, Richard Mora
Richard Mora
For over a century now, ‘the motion-picture industry [...] has functioned as the primary transmitter of racist Latino/a images’ (Castro 2006: 89). The cholo, or Chicano gang member, is a prevalent archetypal figure used to depict Mexican and Mexican American men and youth on the screen.1 The ‘inarticulate, violent, and pathologically dangerous “bandidos”’ of the silent film era have been transformed into the cholo (Berg 2002: 69). As the reel descendent of the Mexican bandido, the cholo is of questionable character, with few redeeming qualities. Like his predecessor, the cinematic cholo is an abject being (Mora 2011). In this text, …
Abjection And The Cinematic Cholo: The Chicano Gang Stereotype In Sociohistoric Context, Richard Mora
Abjection And The Cinematic Cholo: The Chicano Gang Stereotype In Sociohistoric Context, Richard Mora
Richard Mora
In this brief research note, the author uses a sociohistoric lens to examine selected films that have employed the cholo, or Chicano gang member, stereotype. He finds that the cholo is a prevalent archetype of Mexican and Mexican American youth. The author argues that the depiction of the cholo as a hypermasculine, abject personage threatening the social order converges with how actual Latino youth are constructed in sociopolitical and media discourses-as both marginalized young men and migrants unworthy of membership in U.S. society.
“School Is So Boring”: High-Stakes Testing And Boredom At An Urban Middle School, Richard Mora
“School Is So Boring”: High-Stakes Testing And Boredom At An Urban Middle School, Richard Mora
Richard Mora
Existing evidence suggests that high stakes exams result in little increased learning among students (Amrein & Berliner, 2002; Klein, Hamilton, McCaffrey, & Stetcher, 2000; Koretz, Mitchell, & Stetcher, 1996). Yet, given the federal mandates for greater accountability, such as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation and Race to the Top policies, and the “pervasive testing culture” (Moses & Nanna, 2007, p. 55), the use of high-stakes tests is presently an accepted practice. The importance ascribed to standardized tests within public education has significant impact on pedagogical practices. The majority of teachers surveyed in two large school districts reported placing “greater …
Review Of Erotic Journeys: Mexican Immigrants And Their Sex Lives By Gloria González-López, Richard Mora
Review Of Erotic Journeys: Mexican Immigrants And Their Sex Lives By Gloria González-López, Richard Mora
Richard Mora
[...] for one-third of the women, rape and/or incest were their first sexual experience, a fact that points to the role that dominance plays in the patriarchal gender regimes in which the women lived.
Review Of The Woman In The Zoot Suit: Gender, Nationalism, And The Cultural Politics Of Memory By Catherine S. Ramírez, Richard Mora
Review Of The Woman In The Zoot Suit: Gender, Nationalism, And The Cultural Politics Of Memory By Catherine S. Ramírez, Richard Mora
Richard Mora
No abstract provided.
Review Of Dying To Be Men: Youth, Masculinity, And Social Exclusion By Gary T. Barker, Richard Mora
Review Of Dying To Be Men: Youth, Masculinity, And Social Exclusion By Gary T. Barker, Richard Mora
Richard Mora
Relying on data collected from participatory observations over several years, indepth interviews, action research, and case studies with heterosexual young men (ages 15 to 24), Barker addresses the following five issues which influence young men's choice of masculinity: * the general challenges they face while coming of age in settings of social exclusion * their vulnerability to becoming involved in gang-related violence or being the victim of such violence * their gender-specific access to and performance in school * their access to the job market, the challenges they face in acquiring employment and the meaning of work in terms of …
Review Of Being Normal Is The Only Way To Be By Wayne Martino And Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Richard Mora
Review Of Being Normal Is The Only Way To Be By Wayne Martino And Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Richard Mora
Richard Mora
Throughout the book, the authors examine the following issues, paying particular attention to how they are interconnected in the lives of students: * how hierarchies or pecking orders of masculinity and femininity impact the lives of both girls and boys at school * how an exclusive focus on boys works to silence the very significant ways in which sexuality and gender continue to impact detrimentally on girls' lives at schools * how homophobia impacts upon young people's peer group cultures and learning * how students critically question schooling in terms of its practices of normalisation * how many students are …
Review Of Voices Of African-American Teen Fathers: “I’M Doing What I Got To Do” By Angelia M. Paschal, Richard Mora
Review Of Voices Of African-American Teen Fathers: “I’M Doing What I Got To Do” By Angelia M. Paschal, Richard Mora
Richard Mora
Receiving scant scholarly attention are adolescent fathers. [...] by examining the lived experience of fatherhood from the perspectives of unmarried, low-income, African- American adolescent fathers in a Midwestern urban area," Voices of African-American Teen Fathers makes a much needed contribution "to the social science literature on adolescent parenthood"
‘Hey, What’S Going On In There?’: An Ethnography Of Classroom Dynamics In An Urban Middle School, Richard Mora
‘Hey, What’S Going On In There?’: An Ethnography Of Classroom Dynamics In An Urban Middle School, Richard Mora
Richard Mora
No abstract provided.