Latino / Latina / Hispanic Studies

Sources of information on Latino/Latina studies

Origin of Chicano

Chicano: What Does The Word Mean And Where Does It Come From?
From Huffington Post, 10/21/2012 by Roque Planas
Mexican X Part VI: And the Xicanos, Ese?
David Bowles, 10/15/2018
Chicano (Etymology)
Texas State Historical Association
Chicano: Origin and Meaning
American Speech
Vol. 44, No. 3 (Autumn, 1969), pp. 225-230 (6 pages)
The Folk Performance of Chicano and the Cultural Limits of Political Ideology
Jose Limón refers to use of the word in a 1911 news article entitled "Hot Tamales" in the Spanish-language newspaper La Crónica, (see below)
Hot Tamales
La Crónica, Laredo, December 14, 1911, Page 1
Database: America's Historical Newspapers
One of first printed mentions of "chicano"