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Mexican labor in the United States (and the rural lives farmworkers led) both contributed to this theme. As far as "political transformation through powerful leadership", I tend to disagree. The Chicano Movement has always been much more about collectivism than individualism. That's part of the reason that Chicano topics are under-represented: many of the contributions are by unknown, unnamed, anonymous individuals. Our culture cannot be judged by traditionally Western standards that stress individual accomplishments. Of course, there were strong leaders (Chavez and Huerta,
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Origins of the phrase - This part talks about the origin of the phrase "Chicano", not "Chicanismo". It should say somthing like "The word
Chicanismo was first used in (year) by (person) to describe (phenomenon). It comes from the word Chicano and the Spanish suffix "-ismo", (ism). Discussion of
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religions. They are commonly represented in murals and other artworks. But maybe we could keep Tlaloc with a caption like "Tlaloc, the Aztec god of rain. Chicanismo highlighted the lost religions and brought their figures into common currency", although I'd really prefer an image of the big Q.
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Tonatiuh (Sun calendar) and the codex with the voyage from Aztlán are definitely keepers. As far as Tlaloc goes, I think Quetzalcoatl (and to a lesser extent, Coatlicue) are the Aztec deities that have most greatly benefitted from the Chicano interest in native
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Franciscan priest in New Mexico in the early early days. I'll look up his name and tell you, but a standard history-style retelling of cultural and political activities would be illuminative.
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