on and the debate that follows. As the movement lost some of its vigor, intellectuals started to debate just what could be considered Chicano art. This debate claimed that art could not be mainstream in any way and must go against the grain of classic European artistic notions. Nobody ever came to a conclusion on the specificities of Chicano art and most forms that champion culture, community, or Meso-American ties are considered forms of Chicano art. See also References Chabram-Dernersesian, Angie. "I throw punches for my race, but I don't want to be a man: writing us—Chica-nos (Girl, Us)/Chicanas—into the movement script." Cultural studies (1992): 81-95. García, Ignacio M. Chicanismo: The Forging of a Militant Ethos among Mexican Americans. Tucson: University of Arizona, 1997. Print. Gómez-Quiñones, Juan. Chicano Politics: Reality and Promise, 1940-1990. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1990. Print. Sánchez, Rosaura. Chicano Discourse: Socio-historic Perspectives. Rowley, MA: Newbury House, 1983. Print. Muñoz, Carlos. Youth, Identity, Power: The Chicano Movement. London: Verso, 1989. Print. Unknown "El Plan Espiritual de Aztlán," 1969 Gonzales, Rodolpho. I Am Joaquín. Yo Soy Joaquín. Toronto: Bantam, 1972. Print. González, Rita, Howard N. Fox, and Chon A. Noriega. Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement. Berkeley, CA: University of California, 2008. Print External links Chicano Art and Literature, a blog by Ernest M. Saenz. Accessed: 2016-03-29. Further reading Chicano Chicano nationalism Mexican-American culture Mexican-American culture in California