Race Talk in a Mexican Cantina by Mindiola, Tatcho

Race Talk in a Mexican Cantina (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781611863994)

Vendor: Tatcho Mindiola
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
$34.95
$34.95
$34.95
Subtotal: $34.95
Race Talk in a Mexican Cantina by Mindiola, Tatcho

Race Talk in a Mexican Cantina

$34.95
Race Talk in a Mexican Cantina by Mindiola, Tatcho

Race Talk in a Mexican Cantina

$34.95
Format: Paperback
Description
Description
x
People avoid speaking about race in the presence of another racial group for fear of saying something wrong and creating friction. This was not the situation at JB's, a small Mexican cantina located in one of Houston's oldest Mexican barrios. Mexicans made up most of the regular patrons, but a small number of whites also visited the bar on a regular basis. This situation created the circumstances for race talk in which the Mexican patrons needled and criticized the white patrons because of their whiteness. The white patrons likewise criticized the Mexican patrons, but their remarks were not as strident in comparison to those they received. When Tatcho Mindiola visited the bar and heard the race talk, he realized that it was a unique situation. He thus became a regular patron, and over a three-year period kept notes on the racial exchanges he observed and heard, which form the basis of this insightful volume.

Author: Tatcho Mindiola
ISBN-10: 1611863996
ISBN-13: 9781611863994
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2021
Pages: 182
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d
By Tatcho Mindiola
By Tatcho Mindiola
x
TATCHO MINDIOLA is professor emeritus of sociology and the former director of the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Houston. He is coauthor of Black-Brown Relations and Stereotypes.

Recently Viewed Products