Mestizos Come Home!: Making and Claiming Mexican American Identity

Mestizos Come Home! by Robert Con Davis-Undiano chronicles the rise and recognition of Mexican American and Latino culture in the United States since the 1960s, highlighting their reassertion of identity and land. The book explores key cultural changes, including the acknowledgment of mestizo identity, indigenous relationships to land, and Mesoamerican concepts of the human body. It presents these developments as vital contributions to American culture and advocates for social justice and democratic renewal.