Canciones del Movimiento Chicano/Songs of the Chicano Movement: The Impact of Musical Traditions on the 1960s Chicano Civil Rights Movement

Author

Marisa B. Mendoza, Scripps CollegeFollow

Graduation Year

Spring 2012

Document Type

Open Access Senior Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

History

Reader 1

Julia E. Liss

Reader 2

Tomás F. Summers Sandoval, Jr.

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Rights Information

© 2012 Marisa B. Mendoza

Abstract

This thesis analyzes resistance songs as key representations of the identity and political formation that took place during the 1960s Chicano movement. Examining particular musical traditions, this thesis highlights the value of placing songs of the Chicano struggle in national narratives of history as well as in the context of an enduring and thriving legacy of political and social activism that continues to allow the Chicano community to recognize and validate their current social realities.

Recommended Citation

Mendoza, Marisa B., "Canciones del Movimiento Chicano/Songs of the Chicano Movement: The Impact of Musical Traditions on the 1960s Chicano Civil Rights Movement" (2012). Scripps Senior Theses. 129.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/129