Chicanismon.

1969 Colorado Springs Gaz.-Tel. 12 Dec. This Chicano nationalism is characterized by ‘Chicanismo’, or the idea of being a Chicano, that unites all those who are called Spanish-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Spanish surnamed, or Hispanos.

1970 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 29 Nov. 35/5 Most of us still speak Spanish, still have our costumes, still like chili and still believe in ‘Chicanismo’.

1985 Ethnomusicol. 29 47 This was a political decision.., intended to identify his group with the tide of Chicanismo that was surging among the younger generation.

1990 Heritage Found. Rep. (Nexis) 14 Aug. For all the good, or bad, that can be said about the ‘chicanismo’.., it was important for Hispanic Americans to feel a sense of worth and pride.

2001 R. G. Castro Chicano Folklore 46 Chicanismo emphasizes ethnic, cultural, and linguistic pride, and a belief in political and economic self-determination.