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Chican@s in the Conversations (A Longman Topics Reader)
by Kessler, Elizabeth R.; Perrin, AnneEdition:
1st
ISBN13:
9780321394170
ISBN10:
0321394178
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Paperback
Pub. Date:
12/19/2007
Publisher(s):
Longman
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This brief, affordable reader takes a provocative look at critical issues facing the Chican@ communities today and provides thought-provoking questions and writing topics for each reading.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Identity | p. 1 |
| We Owe History | p. 2 |
| What Is a Hispanic? | p. 9 |
| What's the Problem with "Hispanic"? Just Ask a "Latino" | p. 17 |
| "New Urbanism" Embraces Latinos | p. 20 |
| "But Can She Cook?" Family Expectations Weigh Heavily on Latina Students | p. 24 |
| Creating the New Macho Man | p. 30 |
| Family Pictures Shape Memory | p. 35 |
| Changing Names and Making Connections: Como te llamas? | p. 40 |
| A New Minority Makes Itself Known: Hispanic Muslims | p. 48 |
| Additional Topics of Conversation | p. 52 |
| Pop Culture | p. 54 |
| Prime-Time Soaps Sizzle in Spanish, but Fall Flat in English | p. 55 |
| Josefina Lopez: A Writer's Life | p. 59 |
| Victory to the Low and Slow | p. 64 |
| Muralism | p. 68 |
| Whether or Not Selena Changed Tejano's Status Quo, She Certainly Changed the Genre | p. 73 |
| Hispanic Girls in Sports Held Back by Tradition | p. 77 |
| Spanglish: Pop Culture's Lingua Franca | p. 82 |
| Additional Topics of Conversation | p. 87 |
| Language and Education | p. 89 |
| Profession | p. 90 |
| Proud to be a Product of Affirmative Action | p. 99 |
| An Offering to the Power of Language | p. 105 |
| Speaking Spanish | p. 108 |
| Testing "English Only" Rules | p. 111 |
| Where Do I Go with Spanish? | p. 115 |
| Additional Topics of Conversation | p. 122 |
| Borders | p. 124 |
| The Homeland, Aztlan | p. 125 |
| Cross Purposes | p. 136 |
| A Sense of Place | p. 142 |
| At 15, a Step Ahead | p. 147 |
| They Die in Brooks County | p. 151 |
| Mexican-Americans Struggle for Jobs | p. 157 |
| Hospitals Feeling Strain From Illegal Immigrants | p. 162 |
| La Nueva Orleans | p. 166 |
| Additional Topics of Conversation | p. 170 |
| Everyday Issues | p. 171 |
| A Latino Internet Revolution | p. 172 |
| Town's-Eye View of Immigration Debate | p. 181 |
| Bush's Spanish Lessons | p. 185 |
| Curanderismo: Past and Present Viewpoints | p. 190 |
| Work Place Health Disparities Increasing among Hispanics | p. 199 |
| Acculturation Is Bad for Our Health: Less Fast Food, More Nopalitos | p. 206 |
| "I Want to Live a Long Life": Starting Healthy Habits Early Program Helps Hispanic Children Learn to Stay Fit | p. 213 |
| Latinos Re-Examine Pregnancy in Teens | p. 217 |
| For Younger Latinos, a Shift to Smaller Families | p. 222 |
| Additional Topics of Conversation | p. 226 |
| Spanish-English Glossary | p. 229 |
| Credits | p. 241 |
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