Five Generations Of A Mexican American Family In Los Angeles
Despite their citizenship and English monolingualism, Mexican Americans have long been known to remain largely working class, which, academically, has meant that they tend to be mostly high school graduates, with low rates of college attendance and completion. Attempting to understand this phenomenon, Five Generations of a Mexican American Family in Los Angeles chronicles the home, work and school lives of the author's multigenerational family throughout the twentieth century. Using oral...
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Five Generations of a Mexican American Family in Los Angeles is an insider account of a multigenerational working-class Mexican American family in Los Angeles to explain Chicanos' persistent social status despite their citizenship and largely English monolingualism. Findings demonstrate that the interaction between race, ethnicity, and class factors at home, in the labor market and in schools reproduces the Fuentes family's social status. Nevertheless, the persistence of Mexican cultural values over generations insulates Fuentes members against discrimination and economic hardship.
Preface viiAcknowledgments xiiiIntroduction 1The Fuentes Family: An Overview across Generations 15Home, Part I: The Original Fuentes Home 39Home, Part II: Later-Generation Fuentes Homes 57Fuentes' at Work 77School, Part I: Fuentes' in Schools 95School, Part II: Fuentes' Homes, Language and Literacy 123Fuentes' Homes and School: Parental Involvement 137Conclusion: What the Fuentes Family Teaches Us 151Bibliography 163Index 177About the Author 183
