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Author:

Kells, Michelle Hall

Title:

H©♭ctor P. Garc©Ưa : everyday rhetoric and Mexican American civil rights / Michelle Hall Kells ; with a foreword by Rolando Hinojosa-Smith.

Publisher:

Southern Illinois University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xix, 291 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Garcia, Hector P.,--1914-1996--Language.
Rhetoric--History--United States--History--20th century.
Mexican Americans--History--History--20th century.
Racism--History--United States--History--20th century.
Mexican Americans--Politics and government--20th century.
Political participation--United States--History--20th century.
Garcia, Hector P.,--1914-1996.
Mexican Americans--Biography.--Biography.
Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.--Biography.
Political activists--United States--Biography.--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-283) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: "The rhetorics of the everyday" and civic belonging -- The American GI Forum and the rhetoric of civic presence -- The F©♭lix Longoria incident : drama, irony, and "The American dilemma" -- Immigration and the rhetorics of race, caste, and citizenship -- The "imagined fraternity" of H©♭ctor P. Garc©Ưa and Lyndon B. Johnson -- Conclusion: Revising the history of American civil rights reform.

ISBN:

9780809327294
0809327295 (paper : alk. paper)
9780809327287
0809327287 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)70836723

LCCN:

2006025042

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)