Shirley Achor
Biographic Data
| ID | 119431 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shirley Achor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shirley |
| FAMILY NAME | Achor |
| SIGNATURE | ACHOR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Methodist University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mexican Americans in a Dallas Barrio
Originally published in 1978, this book vividly describes day-to-day life in Dallas's La Bajada neighborhood. Shirley Achor’s portrayal of the residents challenges stereotypes of traditional Mexican American culture and southwestern barrio life. This project also includes a new essay by Lydia R. Otero titled “Reflecting on Shirley Achor's Mexican Americans in a Dallas Barrio Forty Years Later.” Otero writes, “Ethnic communities surrounding major …
Chicanas Holding Doctoral Degrees
This article discusses reproduction theory and the cultural ecologists' predictions for "castelike minorities" in light of a study of 100 Chicanas who have earned academic doctorates from U.S. institutions of higher education. As minority women from predominantly low-income, traditionally ooriented families, their successful negotiation of the educational system fails to support the inexorability of intergenerational transmission of gender, class…
Gunpowder Justice, A Reassessment of the Texas Rangers
Mexican Americans in a Dallas Barrio
she brought her gift to my husband and asked him to open it carefully so that the paper wouldn't be tom.He did as she requested, then later helped her rewrap it, restoring it to its original beribboned state.As she left, hugging the package to her chest, she looked up, smiled, and said: "Now I'm going to have two presents under the tree!"The only knowledge that helped at all as we watched her walk away was the certainty that she was going home to…
Mexican Americans in a Dallas Barrio
she brought her gift to my husband and asked him to open it carefully so that the paper wouldn't be tom.He did as she requested, then later helped her rewrap it, restoring it to its original beribboned state.As she left, hugging the package to her chest, she looked up, smiled, and said: "Now I'm going to have two presents under the tree!"The only knowledge that helped at all as we watched her walk away was the certainty that she was going home to…
Chicanas Holding Doctoral Degrees
This article discusses reproduction theory and the cultural ecologists' predictions for "castelike minorities" in light of a study of 100 Chicanas who have earned academic doctorates from U.S. institutions of higher education. As minority women from predominantly low-income, traditionally ooriented families, their successful negotiation of the educational system fails to support the inexorability of intergenerational transmission of gender, class…
Mexican Americans in a Dallas Barrio
she brought her gift to my husband and asked him to open it carefully so that the paper wouldn't be tom.He did as she requested, then later helped her rewrap it, restoring it to its original beribboned state.As she left, hugging the package to her chest, she looked up, smiled, and said: "Now I'm going to have two presents under the tree!"The only knowledge that helped at all as we watched her walk away was the certainty that she was going home to…
Mexican Americans in a Dallas Barrio
she brought her gift to my husband and asked him to open it carefully so that the paper wouldn't be tom.He did as she requested, then later helped her rewrap it, restoring it to its original beribboned state.As she left, hugging the package to her chest, she looked up, smiled, and said: "Now I'm going to have two presents under the tree!"The only knowledge that helped at all as we watched her walk away was the certainty that she was going home to…
Gunpowder Justice, A Reassessment of the Texas Rangers
Chicanas Holding Doctoral Degrees
This article discusses reproduction theory and the cultural ecologists' predictions for "castelike minorities" in light of a study of 100 Chicanas who have earned academic doctorates from U.S. institutions of higher education. As minority women from predominantly low-income, traditionally ooriented families, their successful negotiation of the educational system fails to support the inexorability of intergenerational transmission of gender, class…
Mexican Americans in a Dallas Barrio
Originally published in 1978, this book vividly describes day-to-day life in Dallas's La Bajada neighborhood. Shirley Achor’s portrayal of the residents challenges stereotypes of traditional Mexican American culture and southwestern barrio life. This project also includes a new essay by Lydia R. Otero titled “Reflecting on Shirley Achor's Mexican Americans in a Dallas Barrio Forty Years Later.” Otero writes, “Ethnic communities surrounding major …
Ethnic group (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Mexican americans (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works)