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Inequality and Stratification

Richard Mora

2011

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Abjection And The Cinematic Cholo: The Chicano Gang Stereotype In Sociohistoric Context, Richard Mora Sep 2011

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.


Abjection And The Cinematic Cholo: The Chicano Gang Stereotype In Sociohistoric Context, Richard Mora Sep 2011

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.


Teen Motherhood: Controlling Images, Abjection, & Performativit, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis Feb 2011

Teen Motherhood: Controlling Images, Abjection, & Performativit, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


Conflict Resolution/Peer Mediation, Richard Mora Dec 2010

Conflict Resolution/Peer Mediation, Richard Mora

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


Life, Death, And Second Mothering: Mexican American Mothers, Gang Violence, And La Virgen De Guadalupe, Richard Mora Dec 2010

Life, Death, And Second Mothering: Mexican American Mothers, Gang Violence, And La Virgen De Guadalupe, Richard Mora

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


Model Minority, Richard Mora Dec 2010

Model Minority, Richard Mora

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


Charting A New Course For Public Education Through Charter Schools: Where Is Obama Taking Us?, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis Dec 2010

Charting A New Course For Public Education Through Charter Schools: Where Is Obama Taking Us?, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


Charter Schools, Market Capitalism, And Obama’S Neoliberal Agenda., Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis Dec 2010

Charter Schools, Market Capitalism, And Obama’S Neoliberal Agenda., Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


Monitor The Future Survey, Richard Mora Dec 2010

Monitor The Future Survey, Richard Mora

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


Joaquín Murrieta, Richard Mora Dec 2010

Joaquín Murrieta, Richard Mora

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


“School Is So Boring”: High-Stakes Testing And Boredom At An Urban Middle School, Richard Mora Dec 2010

“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 …