Download or read book Researching Chicano Communities written by Irene I. Blea and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1995-09-30 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a multifaceted approach to understanding one of the nation's largest ethnic communities. Blea incorporates community social history, physical, psychological, and spiritual space. The book strives to teach the student how to do research in an ethnic community. It also describes what is already understood about those communities and defines the nature of the 25 year old discipline of Chicano studies. The use of the Chicana feminist perspective lends not only a gender role analysis, but also demonstrates the structure and function of the balance of personal and social control within the context of the community.