Question

scholarly accounts of the chicano movement—a movement that advocated for the social, political, and cultural empowerment of mexican americans and reached its zenith in the 1960s and 1970s—tend to focus on the most militant, outspoken figures in the movement, making it seem uniformly radical. geographer juan herrera has shown, however, that if we shift our focus toward the way the movement manifested in comparatively low - profile neighborhood institutions and projects, we see participants espousing an array of political orientations and approaches to community activism.
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which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?
a it presents a trend in scholarship on the chicano movement that the text claims has been reevaluated by researchers in light of herreras work on the movements participants.

b it identifies an aspect of the chicano movement that the text implies was overemphasized by scholars due to their own political orientations.

c it describes a common approach to studying the chicano movement that, according to the text, obscures the ideological diversity of the movements participants.

d it summarizes the conventional method for analyzing the chicano movement, which the text suggests creates a misleading impression of the effectiveness of neighborhood institutions and projects.

Explanation:

1. Analyze Option A: The text says Herrera's work shows a different view, but there's no info that researchers reevaluated the trend (focus on militant figures) because of Herrera's work. So A is wrong.
2. Analyze Option B: The text doesn't say scholars overemphasized the militant figures due to their own political orientations. So B is incorrect.
3. Analyze Option C: The underlined part says scholars focus on militant figures, making the movement seem uniformly radical. Then Herrera shows that focusing on neighborhood institutions reveals diverse political orientations. So the common approach (focus on militant figures) obscures the ideological diversity of participants. This matches.
4. Analyze Option D: The text is about the ideological diversity of participants, not the effectiveness of neighborhood institutions and projects. So D is wrong.

Answer:

C. It describes a common approach to studying the Chicano movement that, according to the text, obscures the ideological diversity of the movement’s participants.