Key Terms in Latino/a Cultural And Literary Studies

by Allatson, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781405102506
• ISBN10: 1405102500
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-16
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This is an indispensable reference comprised of hundreds of key terms central to the important and developing fields of Latino/a cultural and literary studies. From "ABC Generation," "Alamo," "Americanization," and "assimilation," to "United Farm Workers", the "West," "Young Lords," and "Zoot Suit Riots," this volume is a valuable pedagogical resource that encourages reflective, analytical responses. Key Terms in Latino/a Cultural and Literary Studies looks to demonstrate the interdisciplinary nature and internationalization of Latino/a Studies as it has grown over the past few decades. An extensive bibliography of critical texts, to aid further study and comprehension, rounds out the guide.

Author Biography

Paul Allatson teaches in and coordinates the Latino USA and Spain International Studies Degree programs at the Institute for International Studies, University of Technology, Sydney. He is author of Latino Dreams: Transcultural Traffic and the US National Imaginary (2002), and chief editor of the multilingual PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Glossary of Key Terms

ABC Generation

Generation Ntilde

Active-Passive Matrix Adelita

Soldadera Afro-Latino

Indo-Latino AIDS/HIV Ajiaco

Ajiaco Christianity Alamo Altars

Ofrendas Alter-Native Ambiente America/Ameacute;rica Americanization Anglo-American

European-American Assimilation

Acculturation Aztecs Aztlaacute;n Bachata Ballet Folkloacute;rico Balseros Banda Barrio

Barriology

Barrioization

Barrio Logos Baseball Basketball Bato/a

Vato/a

Los Batos Locos Bilingualism

Bilingual Education Black Legend

La leyenda negra Black/White Paradigm Blowouts

Walkouts Bolero Borderlands/La Frontera Borderotics/Fronteroacute;tica Border Patrol

La migra Border Theory Border Zones Boricua

Borinqueacute;n Boxing Bracero

Bracero Program Brown

Brownness

Brown Pride

Brown Out Brown Berets Caloacute; Cannibal

Caliban/Calibaacute;n Canon Carnalismo Casita Movement Catholicism

Protestantism Census Cha-Cha-Chaacute; Charco

Brincando el charco Chicanismo Chicano/a

Chicana/o

Chican@ Chicano Movement

El Movimiento Chicano Chicano Renaissance Cholo/a Choteo Chusmeriacute;a Citizenship

Cultural Citizenship Class Coatlicue State Cockfighting Code Switching Colonialism

Neocolonialism

Postcolonialism Comadrismo

Compadrazgo Comics Conjunto Corrido Coyote Creole

Criollo

Creolization Critical Race Theory

LatCrit Theory Cuban American Cuban Revolution Cultural Imperialism Cultural Politics Culture of Poverty Thesis Cumbia Danza

Danzoacute;n Decolonization

Decolonial Imaginary Diacute;a de los muertos

Day of the Dead Diaspora Dichos Disidentification Domestic

Domeacute;stica

Domesticana Dominicano Duranguense English Only Movement Estado Libre Asociado Ethnicity

Pan-ethnicity Ethnopoetics

Mythopoetics Exile Folklore

Folk Culture Football

Futboacute;l

Soccer Frontier Gachupiacute;n Gangs

Maras Globalization Graffiti Gran Familia Greaser Greater Cuba Greater Meacute;xico Great Migration Green Card Guagua Aeacute;rea Guajiro/a Hispanic Hispanidad

Hispanism/Hispanismo Hispano Homeboys

Homegirls

Homies Hometown Associations Hybrid

Hybridity

Hybridization Hyphen

Hyphenization Identity

Identification Illegal Alien

Legal Alien Imperialism

Empire Insularismo Internal Colonialism

Internal Colonization Jiacute;baro/a

Giacute;baro/a Jones Act Joto/a Kitsch Latin America

Latin/o America Latinidad

Latinismo Latinization Latin Jazz Latino

Latino/a

Latina/o

Latin@ Literatura chicanesca

Chicanesque Literature Llorona Loco/a Low Rider

Lowriding

Onda bajita Lucha Libre Machismo Magical Realism Malinche

Malinchismo Mambo Manifest Destiny Marginality

Marginalization Mariachi Marianismo Mariel Boatlift

Marielitos Matriacute;cula Mean Streets Melting Pot Merengue Mestizo/a

Mestizaje Mexican American Mexican-American War Mexican Revolution Meacute;xico de afuera

Meacute;xico del norte

Meacute;xico Lindo

Otro Meacute;xico Migration Minority Mojado/a

Wetback Monroe Doctrine Mulato/a

Mulatez Multiculturalism Murals Naco NAFTA Naacute;huatl Nation

State

Nationalism Nativism Nepantla Norte Nortec Nortentilde;o Nueva Mestiza

Mestiza Consciousness Nuyorican Nuyorican Aesthetics

Cultural Consciousness

Dialectic One-and-a-halfers, 1.5 generation Operation Bootstrap Oper

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