Latino Los Angeles

by Ochoa, Enrique C.; Ochoa, Gilda L.

• ISBN13: 9780816524686
• ISBN10: 0816524688
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-30
• Publisher: Univ of Arizona Pr

Summary

As the twenty-first century begins, Latina/os represent 45 percent of the residents of Los Angeles County, making them the largest recial/ethnic group in the region. At the same time, the shift from manufacturing to a service-based economy in the area has contributed to a decline in good-paying jobs, significantly impacting working class families. These transformations have created a backlash that has included state propositions impacting Latina/os and escalating anti-immigrant rhetoric-and Latina/os of all backgrounds are making their voices heard.

Table of Contents

Latina/o Los Angeles in Context	3	(20)
Enrique C. Ochoa
Gilda L. Ochoa
Part I: Globalization and Latina/O Migration to Los Angeles
Indispensable Migrants: Mexican Workers and the Making of Twentieth-Century Los Angeles	23	(15)
Martin Valadez Torres
Perilous Passage: Central American Migration through Mexico	38	(25)
Edur Velasco Arregui
Richard Roman
Why Women Migrate: Salvadoran and Guatemalan Women in Los Angeles	63	(20)
Kristine M. Zentgraf
Economic Restructuring and Labor Organizing in Southeast Los Angeles, 1935--2001	83	(28)
Myrna Cherkoss Donahoe
Part II: Settlement and (Re)Constructing Identities and Communities
Indigenous Mexican Migrants in a Modern Metropolis: The Reconstruction of Zapotec Communities in Los Angeles	111	(26)
Daniel Melero Malpica
Two Sides of the Same Coin? The Relationship between Socioeconomic Assimilation and Entrepreneurship among Mexicans in Los Angeles	137	(18)
Zulema Valdez
The Formation and Transformation of Salvadoran Community Organizations in Los Angeles	155	(23)
Susan Bibler Coutin
Negotiating Latinidade in Los Angeles: The Case of Brazilian Immigrants	178	(19)
Bernadete Beserra
Black Face, Latin Looks: Racial-Ethnic Identity among Afro-Latinos in the Los Angeles Region	197	(28)
Anulkah Thomas
Part III: Labor Organizing and Political Activism
Justice for Janitors Latinizing Los Angeles: Mobilizing Latina(o) Cultural Repertoire	225	(21)
Maria A. Gutierrez de Soldatenko
Constructing Chicana and Chicano Studies: 1993 UCLA Conscious Students of Color Protest	246	(32)
Michael Soldatenko
Organizing Immigrant Workers: Action Research and Strategies in the Pomona Day Labor Center	278	(25)
Jose Z. Calderon
Suzanne F. Foster
Silvia L. Rodriguez
Review of Contemporary Latina/o Scholarship and Resources
Latinos in Los Angeles: Select Review of Latino/a Scholarship and Resources	303	(16)
Ester E. Hernandez
Contributors	319	(4)
Index	323