Mexicano Resistance to Schooling in a South Texas Colony

Aspects of the relationship between public schooling & ethnic identity formation in an internal colonial setting where ethnic power patterns have been disrupted are described & interpreted. Mexicano resistance against coercive identity formation in Aztlan City, Tex (population 10,000) is dis...

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Published in:Education and urban society 1978-02, Vol.10 (2), p.145-176
Main Authors: Smith, W. Elwood, Foley, Douglas E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation/Acculturated/ Acculturative
Culture/Cultures/Cultural/ Culturally
Education
Education/Educational/Educator/ Educators/ Educationally
Ethnic/Ethnically
Ethnicity/Ethnicism
Identification
Mexican Americans
Public school/Public schools
Texas
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Summary:Aspects of the relationship between public schooling & ethnic identity formation in an internal colonial setting where ethnic power patterns have been disrupted are described & interpreted. Mexicano resistance against coercive identity formation in Aztlan City, Tex (population 10,000) is discussed in terms of awareness of self as a social power wielder. Several decades of such an awareness among Mexicano students is traced. The discussion includes a description of the schooling culture under Anglo control from the 1930s to 1969, an analysis of sociocultural changes occurring in the Mexicano community after WWII, which eventually led to Chicano-controlled schools in the 1970s, & an examination of the complex dialectics between the two approaches to schooled ethnicity. Both student & teacher resistance against the Chicano schooling culture are examined, particularly the rise of student & teacher dissidents & an ethnic political party. It is hoped that the analysis will increase understanding of the relationship between public schooling & ethnic identity formation processes. G. Simpson.
ISSN:0013-1245
1552-3535
DOI:10.1177/001312457801000203