Viva Chicano Setting

This Study Guide consists of approximately 7 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Viva Chicano.

Viva Chicano Setting

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Viva Chicano is set in the 1960s in a sprawling ghetto, known as "Dogtown," of an unnamed California city modeled after Los Angeles. Ironically, the "Mexican-American district" of Dogtown, where Keeny lives, is called Happy Valley. Even the most energetic attempts toward beautification fail in the climate of despair and decay that pervades Happy Valley.

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