El Cinco de Mayo: an American tradition
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1. Verfasser: Hayes-Bautista, David E. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley University of California Press ©2012
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Before the American Civil War -- The first battle of Puebla, 1862 -- The American Civil War and the second battle of Puebla -- The juntas patrióticas mejicanas blossom -- War, three fronts -- Shaping and reshaping the Cinco de Mayo, 1868-2011
"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"--Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 293 pages)
ISBN:0520951794
9780520951792

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