ISBN:
1282909649
,
0230621783
,
9780230106840
,
9781282909649
,
9780230621787
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxiii, 265 p)
,
ill
Edition:
1. ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Inside the Latin Experience
DDC:
305.868073
Keywords:
Hispanic Americans Social conditions
;
Hispanic Americans Ethnic identity
;
USA
;
Hispanos
;
Ethnische Identität
;
Soziale Situation
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Latinos comprise the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, and this interdisciplinary anthology gathers the scholarship of both early career and senior Latina/o scholars whose work explores the varied and unique latinidades, or Latino cultural identities, of this group.
Abstract:
Latinos comprise the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, and this interdisciplinary anthology gathers the scholarship of both early career and senior Latina/o scholars whose work explores the varied and unique latinidades, or Latino cultural identities, of this group
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Historical Roots and Contemporary Realities; 1 Changing the National Ethos or Just Being American? LatinPolitical Participation; 2 State-Federal Relations Concerning Latin@ Civil Rights in the United States; 3 Latin@s in the U.S. Military; 4 The "Swirl" Migration of Mexican-Origin Students: A Cross-Border Analysis Using the Mexican and U.S. Censuses; Part II: Popular and Traditional Cultural Expressions; 5 Making, Buying, Selling, and Using the Umbrella: Recognizing the Nuances of Latin@ Popular Culture
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Traveling on the Biliteracy Highway: Educators Paving a Road toward Conocimiento7 Traditional Cultural Expressions: An Analysis of the Secular and Religious Folkways of Latin@s in the United States; 8 Language and Identity of Immigrant Central American Pentecostal Youth in Southern California; Part III: Performance Arts and Literature; 9 Staging the Self, Staging Empowerment: An Overview of Latina Theater and Performance; 10 Literary Currency: Coined Contributions of LatinLiterature in the United States; 11 Politics of Aesthetics: Mariachi Music in the United States
Description / Table of Contents:
12 From Boricua Dancers to Salsa Soldiers: The Cultural Politics of Globalized Salsa Dancing in ChicagoEpilogue: A Final Look at the LatinExperience: Past, Present, and Future; Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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