dc.contributor.author	Gonzalez, Javier
dc.coverage.spatial	United States	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2021-09-02T19:00:50Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-02T19:00:50Z
dc.date.issued	2021-06-15
dc.identifier.other	570011AA-19C5-67A2-4EFD-7DAA911D17A7	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10428/5006
dc.description.abstract	Situated within critical race theory and Latinx critical theory (LatCrit), the result of this research was a 2-part presentation of a critical co-constructed autoethnography and a qualitative case study. The case study identified factors that promoted intercultural collaboration in support of acculturation efforts among a predominantly White receiving community and a Latinx immigrant community, comprised mostly of migrant farmworkers. Structured interviews with eight community members involved in establishing a community event that would become La Fiesta del Pueblo, a review of La Fiesta historical documents, and electronic and print media were used to explore the festival and discover factors that led to its success. The significant findings of the dynamics that drove the coalition-building process for how La Fiesta del Pueblo became an accepted community and state-sponsored cultural event and how La Fiesta influenced change in perceptions of the receiving community and immigrant population culture were the positive experiences had by those who attended it as well as the organizers and organizational aid provided by all walks of the community. La Fiesta was instrumental in promoting intercultural collaboration through enhanced awareness, which served as a vehicle for both communities to experience changes in perceptions of each other and their associated cultures and allowed for mutual accommodation as part of the integration process for the benefit of both. The co-constructed autoethnography was designed to be a critical reflection of my voice and journey through the acculturation process from the perspective of a Mexican migrant farmworker turned Latino professional. It articulates early, middle, and later phases of my assimilation to the acculturation experience. My exploration of La Fiesta and constant reflection of my own journey from assimilation to acculturation brought about the critical co-constructed autoethnography and helped me emphasize the need to disrupt deficit ideology by engaging in critical reflections on the complexity of cross-race/ethnicity relations within Latinx and predominantly White communities. Key words: La Fiesta del Pueblo, migrant farmworker, assimilation, acculturation, critical race theory, deficit thinking, Latinx critical theory, LatCrit, Latinx	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	Author's Note 1 -- Part 1: My Cultural Journey: From Mejicano Immigrant To Latino Professional 3 -- How I Got to This Point 3 -- Dissertation Evolution 5 -- Discussion of Terms 9 -- My Beginning 12 -- Matriarch: Eustolia Gonzales Garcia 18 -- Javier Gonzalez Gonzales 26 -- Becoming American and the Role of Schooling 30 -- Transition Complete 44 -- An American Dream and Professional Assimilation 50 -- Woke, Growing, and La Fiesta 57 -- Challenges Ahead 66 -- Part 2: MY TRADITIONAL DISSERTATION JOURNEY: A CONVENTIONAL BEGINNING TO AN UNEXPECTED END 69 -- Early Plans 70 -- Significance of Study 71 -- Research Questions 72 -- Conceptual Framework 72 -- Review of Literature 73 -- Assimilation 73 -- Population 75 -- Legislation 77 -- Identity 79 -- Theoretical Framework 80 -- Community Culture Wealth 81 -- Critical Race Theory 83 -- Interest Convergence 84 -- Experiential Knowledge 85 -- Summary of Conceptual Framework 88 -- Methods 88 -- People and Places 90 -- Data Collection 92 -- Data Analysis 94 -- Data Model 95 -- Results 96 -- Discussion 102 -- Coding Categories 105 -- Future Considerations 108 -- EPILOGUE 110 -- REFERENCES 115 -- APPENDIX A: Valdosta State University IRB Approval 128 -- APPENDIX B: Interview Protocol 130	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.rights	This dissertation is protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States (Public Law 94-553, revised in 1976). Consistent with fair use as defined in the Copyright Laws, brief quotations from this material are allowed with proper acknowledgement. Use of the materials for financial gain with the author's expressed written permissions is not allowed.	en_US
dc.subject	Dissertations, Academic--United States	en_US
dc.subject	Agricultural laborers	en_US
dc.subject	Critical race theory	en_US
dc.subject	Ethnology	en_US
dc.subject	Mexican Americans	en_US
dc.subject	Migrant labor	en_US
dc.title	Mi Casa Es Su Casa: A Critical Co-constructed Autoethnography of the Evolution from Assimilation to Acculturation of a Mexican Migrant Farmworker turned Professional	en_US
dc.type	Dissertation	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Department of Leadership, Technology, and Workforce Development of the Dewar College of Education and Human Services	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Schmertzing, Richard W.
dc.description.committee	Schmertzing, Lorraine
dc.description.committee	Martinez, James
dc.description.committee	Parra, Ericka Helena
dc.description.degree	Ed.D.	en_US
dc.description.major	Education in Leadership	en_US