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Peer reviewedOrnstein-Galicia, Jacob L. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1987
The development and present status of "Chicano Calo," a mixture of Spanish and English spoken in Mexico and the Southwestern United States, is surveyed. Originally a Romany (Gypsy) language, it is preeminently oral and has become fashionable in most sociocultural strata, but particularly among younger males to reflect mild rebellion.…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Hispanic American Culture, Language Usage, Mexican Americans
Carranza, E. Lou – 1984
The search for presuppositions of a people's thought is not new. Octavio Paz and Samuel Ramos have both attempted to describe the assumptions underlying the Mexican character. Paz described Mexicans as private, defensive, and stoic, characteristics taken to the extreme in the "pachuco." Ramos, on the other hand, described Mexicans as…
Descriptors: Behavior, Bias, Cultural Traits, Hispanic American Culture
