ISBN:
9780415926195
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (289 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Hispanics/Latinos in the United States : Ethnicity, Race, and Rights
DDC:
305.8/68073
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The presence and impact of Hispanics/Latinos in the United States cannot be ignored. Already the largest minority group, by 2050 their numbers will exceed all the other minority groups in the United States combined. The diversity of this population is often understated, but the people differ in terms of their origin, race. language, custom, religion, political affiliation, education and economic status. The heterogeneity of the Hispanic/Latino population raises questions about their identity and their rights: do they really constitute a group? That is, do they have rights as a group, or just a
Description / Table of Contents:
HISPANICS/LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES Ethnicity, Race and Rights; Copyright; Contents; Hispanic/Latino Ethnicity, Race, and Rights; Part 1: Hispanic/Latino Identity, Ethnicity, and Race; 1. Is Latina/o Identity A Racial Identity?; 2. The Making of New Peoples Hispanizing Race; 3. Negotiating Latina Identities; 4. Cultural Particularity Versus Universal Humanity The Value of Being Asimilao; 5. The Larger Picture Hispanics/Latinos (and Latino Studies) in the Colonial Horizon of Modernity; 6."It Must Be a Fake!" Racial Ideologies, Identities, and the Question of Rights
Description / Table of Contents:
Part 2: Hispanic/Latino Identity, Politics, and Rights7. Structure, Difference, and Hispanic/Latino Claims of Justice; 8. Universalisam, Particularism, and Group Rights The Case of Hispanics; 9. Accommodation Rights for Hispanics in the United States; 10. Affirmative Action for Hispanics? Yes and No; 11. Latino Identity and Affirmative Action; 12. Deliberation and Hispanic Representation; Bibliography; Contributors; Subject Index; Name Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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