Chicanx Utopias – Pop Culture and the Politics of the Possible Alvarez Hardback

Chicanx UtopiasPop Culture and the Politics of the Possible\nAuthor(s): Luis Alvarez\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9781477324479, 978-1477324479\nSynopsis\n2023Honorable Mention Best History Book, International Latino Book Awards\n\n Broad and encompassing examination of Chicanx popular culture since World War II and the utopian visions it articulated\n\n Amid the rise of neoliberalism, globalization, and movements for civil rights and global justice in the postWorld War II era, Chicanxs in film, music, television, and art weaponized culture to combat often oppressive economic and political conditions. They envisioned utopias that, even if never fully realized, reimagined the world and linked seemingly disparate people and places. In the latter half of the twentieth century, Chicanx popular culture forged a politics of the possible and gave rise to utopian dreams that sprang from everyday experienc.