Papers by Alexandria Canchola
Design and Culture, Jan 14, 2024
Dialectic, Dec 12, 2023
Note: In this essay, the term "Chicano" is used because it was the identifier claimed by historic... more Note: In this essay, the term "Chicano" is used because it was the identifier claimed by historical participants in the Mexican American Movement in the United States throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The Mexican American Movement is a term that has been expanded since its inception in the mid-1960s and that has addressed many different social, cultural, political, and economic issues, but it mostly focused on four: land ownership, workers' rights, and educational and political equality. 1 In the context of this discourse, the authors offer that the Mexican American Movement is synonymous with the Chicano Movement. The authors also utilize the contemporary term Latinx to refer to a person of Latin American origin or descent. 2 Along with other civil rights movements like Black Power, women's liberation, and gay rights that were initiated and sustained in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s (and beyond), the Chicano movement (also known as El Movimiento) advocated for social justice by using independent publications to amplify its message. Independent publications are defined in this context as periodicals produced without approval from established publishers and presses or against the wishes of a dominant governmental, or institutional group. 3 Newly accessible and affordable design technologies such as offset printing and production technologies brought about a rise of independent publish
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Papers by Alexandria Canchola