Barrioization

El Paso's Second Ward, a Chicano neighborhood or barrio (1972).

Barrioization (sometimes spelled barriorization) is a theory developed by Chicano scholars Albert Camarillo and Richard Griswold del Castillo to explain the historical formation and maintenance of ethnically segregated neighborhoods of Chicanos and Latinos in the United States. The term was first coined by Camarillo in his book Chicanos in a Changing Society (1979). The process was explained in the context of Los Angeles by Griswold del Castillo in The Los Angeles Barrio, 1850-1890: A Social History (1979).[1][2] Camarillo defined the term as "the formation of residentially and segregated Chicano barrios or neighbourhoods."[3] The term is used in the field of Human Geography.[4]

  1. ^ Le Texier, Emmanuelle (30 June 2003). "Mobilizing in the Barrio: Conflicting Identities and the Language of Politics". Center for Comparative Immigration Studies. p. 11.
  2. ^ Camarillo, Albert (1996) [1979]. Chicanos in a Changing Society: From Mexican Pueblos to American Barrios in Santa Barbara and Southern California, 1848-1930. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674113978.
  3. ^ Emmanouilidou, Sophia (2013). "Barrio Vistas". Landscapes of Writing in Chicano Literature. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 117. ISBN 9781137353450.
  4. ^ Griswold del Castillo, Richard (1982) [1979]. The Los Angeles Barrio, 1850-1890: A Social History. University of California Press. pp. 139–64. ISBN 9780520047730.