Material Culture and the Affective Dimensions of Chicana/o History
In: Aztlán: international journal of Chicano studies research, Band 45, Heft 2, S. 131-149
This research note introduces material in the Josefa L. Serna Papers held at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library. By examining three objects from the collection, the author suggests that object-centered history can illuminate the interior, that is, the emotional and not just social lives of working class Mexican immigrant subjects.