Key Terms in Latino/a Cultural And Literary Studies

by Allatson, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781405102513
• ISBN10: 1405102519
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-05
• 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

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Overview of Key Terms	p. 7
ABC Generation, Generation N	p. 9
Active-Passive Matrix	p. 10
Adelita, Soldadera	p. 10
Afro-Latino, Indo-Latino	p. 11
AIDS/HIV	p. 12
Ajiaco, Ajiaco Christianity	p. 13
Aiamo	p. 14
Altars, Ofrendas	p. 15
Alter-Native	p. 16
Ambiente	p. 17
America,America	p. 17
Americanization	p. 19
Anglo-American, European American	p. 20
Assimilation, Acculturation	p. 21
Aztecs	p. 23
Aztlan	p. 24
Bachata	p. 27
Ballet folklorico	p. 28
Balseros	p. 28
Banda	p. 29
Barrio, Barriology, Barrioization, Barrio Logos	p. 30
Baseball	p. 32
Basketball	p. 33
Bato/a, Vato/a, Batos locos	p. 34
Bilingualism, Bilingual Education	p. 34
Black Legend, Leyenda negra	p. 35
Black/White Paradigm	p. 37
Blowouts, Walkouts	p. 37
Bolero	p. 33
Borderlands, Borderlands/La Frontera	p. 39
Borderotics/Fronterotica	p. 42
Border Patrol, Migra	p. 42
Border Theory	p. 44
Border Zones	p. 46
Boricua, Borinquen	p. 47
Boxing	p. 47
Bracero, Bracero Program	p. 48
Brown, Brownness, Brown Pride, Brown Out	p. 49
Brown Berets	p. 50
Calo	p. 52
Cannibal, Canibal, Caliban	p. 52
Canon	p. 54
Carnalismo r	p. 55
Casita Movement	p. 55
Catholicism, Protestantism	p. 56
Census	p. 58
Cha-Cha-Cha	p. 59
Charco, Brincando el charco	p. 59
Chicanismo	p. 60
Chicano/a, Chicana/o, Chican	p. 61
Chicano Movement, Movimiento chicano	p. 62
Chicano Renaissance	p. 65
Cholo/a	p. 66
Choteo	p. 67
Chusmeria	p. 67
Citizenship, Cultural Citizenship	p. 68
Class	p. 70
Coatlicue State	p. 71
Cockfighting	p. 72
Code Switching	p. 73
Colonialism, Neocolonialism, Postcolonialism	p. 74
Comadrismo, Compadrazgo	p. 75
Comics	p. 76
Conjunto	p. 78
Corrido, Narcocorrido	p. 79
Coyote	p. 80
Creole, Criollo, Creolization	p. 82
Critical Race Theory, LatCrit Theory	p. 82
Cuban American	p. 84
Cuban Revolution	p. 85
Cultural Imperialism	p. 86
Cultural Politics	p. 87
Culture of Poverty Thesis	p. 90
Cumbia	p. 91
Danza, Danzon	p. 92
Decolonization, Decolonial Imaginary	p. 93
Dia de los muertos, Day of the Dead	p. 94
Diaspora	p. 95
Dichos	p. 96
Disidentification	p. 96
Domestic, Domestica, Domesticana	p. 97
Dominicano	p. 99
Duranguense	p. 99
English-Only Movement	p. 100
Estado Libre Asociado	p. 101
Ethnicity, Panethnicity	p. 102
Ethnopoetics, Mythopoetics	p. 104
Exile	p. 105
Folklore, Folk Culture	p. 107
Football, Futbol, Soccer	p. 108
Frontier	p. 109
Gachupin	p. 111
Gangs, Maras	p. 111
Globalization	p. 113
Graffiti	p. 114
Gran familia	p. 115
Greaser	p. 116
Greater Cuba	p. 116
Greater Mexico	p. 117
Great Migration	p. 117
Green Card	p. 118
Guagua aerea	p. 118
Guajiro/a	p. 119
Hispanic	p. 121
Hispanidad, Hispanism, Hispanismo	p. 122
Hispano	p. 123
Homeboys, Homegirls, Homies	p. 124
Hometown Associations	p. 125
Hybrid, Hybridity, Hybridization	p. 125
Hyphen, Hyphenation	p. 126
Identity, Identification	p. 128
Illegal Alien, Legal Alien	p. 129
Imperialism, Empire	p. 129
Insularismo	p. 130
Internal Colonialism or Colonization	p. 131
Jibaro/a, Gibaro/a	p. 133
Jones Act	p. 133
Joto/a	p. 134
Kitsch	p. 135
Latin America, Latin/o America	p. 137
Latinidad, Latinismo	p. 138
Latinization	p. 139
Latin Jazz	p. 140
Latino, Latino/a, Latina/o, Latin@	p. 140
Literatura chicanesca, Chicanesque Literature	p. 141
Llorona	p. 141
Loco/a	p. 142
Low Rider, Low Riding, Onda bajita	p. 143
Lucha libre	p. 143
Machismo	p. 146
Magical Realism	p. 147
Malinche, Malinchismo	p. 148
Mambo	p. 150
Manifest Destiny	p. 151
Marginality, Marginalization	p. 151
Mariachi	p. 152
Marianismo	p. 153
Mariel Boatlift, Marielitos	p. 155
Matricula	p. 156
Mean Streets	p. 157
Melting Pot	p. 157
Merengue	p. 158
Mestizo/a, Mestizaje	p. 158
Mexican American	p. 159
Mexican-American War	p. 160
Mexican Revolution	p. 161
Mexico de afuera, Mexico del norte, Mexico lindo, Otro Mexico	p. 162
Migration	p. 163
Minority	p. 164
Mojado/a, Wetback	p. 165
Monroe Doctrine	p. 166
Mulato/a, Mulatez	p. 166
Multiculturalism	p. 167
Murals	p. 168
Naco	p. 170
NAFTA	p. 171
Nahuatl	p. 171
Nation, State, Nationalism	p. 172
Nativism	p. 173
Nepantla	p. 175
Norte	p. 175
Nortec	p. 176
Norteno	p. 176
Nueva mestiza, Mestiza Consciousness	p. 177
Nuyorican, Nuyorico	p. 178
Nuyorican Aesthetics, Cultural Consciousness, Dialectic	p. 179
One-and-a-Halfers, 1.5 Generation	p. 181
Operation Bootstrap	p. 182
Operation Pedro Pan	p. 183
Operation Wetback	p. 184
Oppositional Consciousness	p. 184
P'aca y p'alla Dialectics	p. 186
Pachuco/a	p. 186
Pan-Americanism	p. 187
Pinto, Pinto Art	p. 188
Pioneros	p. 189
Plan de Santa Barbara	p. 189
Plan espiritual de Aztlan	p. 190
Plena, Bomba	p. 191
Pocho/a, Pochismo	p. 192
Premio Lo Nuestro	p. 193
Prisons, Prison Industrial Complex	p. 193
Puerto Rican, Puertorriqueno/a	p. 194
Quinceanera	p. 195
Quinto sol, Quinto Sol Generation	p. 196
Quisqueya	p. 195
Race, Racialization	p. 197
Ranchera	p. 198
Rap and Hip-Hop	p. 199
Rasquachismo	p. 200
Raza, Raza cosmica	p. 201
Reggaeton	p. 202
Remittances	p. 203
Retablos	p. 204
Rock en espanol	p. 205
Rumba	p. 205
Salsa	p. 207
Santeria	p. 209
Santos, Santeros	p. 209
Sitios y lenguas	p. 210
Situational Alliances	p. 211
Slavery	p. 211
Sleepy Lagoon	p. 213
Son	p. 213
Spanglish	p. 214
Spanish-American War	p. 215
Spic	p. 216
Stereotype	p. 217
Subaltern, Subalternity, Subaltern Studies	p. 218
Syncretism	p. 220
Taino	p. 221
Teatro Campesino	p. 222
Trejano/a, Tejano Music, Tex-Mex	p. 223
Telenovela	p. 224
Testimonio, Testimonial	p. 226
Texas Rangers, Rinches	p. 227
Third World Feminism, Women of Color Movement	p. 227
Tortillera	p. 229
Transculturation	p. 229
Transnationality, Translocalism, Transmigration	p. 232
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo	p. 234
Tropicalizations	p. 234
Undocumented Worker	p. 236
United Farm Workers	p. 236
Vaiven	p. 238
Vaquero, Cowboy, Charro, Charreada	p. 238
Virgen de Guadalupe, de la Altagracia, de la Caridad del Cobre, de la Providencia	p. 239
Voguing, Ballroom Scene	p. 242
West, Western	p. 243
Young Lords	p. 245
Zoot Suiters, Zoot Suit Riots	p. 247
References	p. 249
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