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Ideas defer to no border - least of all the idea of belonging. So where does one belong, and what does belonging even mean, when a border inscribes one's identity? This dilemma, so critical to the ethnic Mexican community, is at the heart of Homeland, an intellectual, cultural, and literary history of belonging in ethnic Mexican thought.

The Chicano Movement of the 1960s and '70s, like so much of the period's politics, is best known for its radicalism. Less understood was the movement's moderate elements. This book presents the first full account of these more mainstream liberal activists-those who rejected the politics of protest and worked within the system.