The Latino Studies Reader Culture, Economy, and Society

by Darder, Antonia; Torres, Rodolfo D.

• ISBN13: 9781557869876
• ISBN10: 1557869871
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-01-06
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Focusing on the culture, politics and society of the distinctive Latino communities in the United States, The Latino Studies Reader draws on the most interesting recent work from Latino scholars and social critics in a comparative perspective. Representing over 10% of the population in the United States, and growing faster than any other ethnic group, it is now more important than ever to examine the issues of Latinos who are predicted to become the largest ethnic-minority group by the year 2009. Conventional theories of 'race' and 'race relations', with its exclusive black/white focus, present serious theoretical problems as applied to Latinos. Therefore, Darder and Torres use class analysis as the major theoretical perspective in order to understand Latinos through social scientific theoretical and conceptual ideas. To reflect the variety of home countries and divergent socio-economic backgrounds of Latinos, The Latino Studies Reader draws on the experiences of Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Cubanos, Caribbeans, Central and South Americans living in the United States. The volume is organized around four major themes: culture and histories; cultural politics; gender, sexuality and power; and labor and politics.

Author Biography

Antonia Darder is Associate Professor of Education at the Claremont Graduate School. Her other books include Culture and Power in the Classroom, 1991 and Culture and Difference: Critical Perspectives on the Bicultural Experience in the U. S. 1995 both published by Bergin and Garvey. She was born in Puerto Rico.

Rodolfo D. Torres is Professor of Political Science at the Graduate Centre for Public Policy at California State University - Long Beach. He was born in East Los Angeles. Darder and Torres have also co-edited Latinos and Education, 1997, Routledge.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Latinos and Society: Culture, Politics, and Class

Culture, History, and Society: A Conceptual Map

Merging Borders: The Remapping of America

Encuentros y Encontronazos: Homeland in the Politics and Identity of the Cuban Diaspora

Aztlan, Borinquen and Hispanic Nationalism in the United States

Chicano History: Transcending Cultural Models

Mapping the Spanish Language along a Multiethnic and Multilingual Border

Cultural Politics and Border Zones

The Politics of Biculturalism: Culture and Difference in the Formation of Warriors from Gringostroika and the New Mestizas

Beyond the Rainbow: Mapping the Discourse on the Puerto Ricans and "Race"

Chicana Artists: Exploring Nepantla, El Lugar de la Frontera

The Shock of the New

Our Next Race Question: The Uneasiness between Blacks and Latinos

Critical Discourses on Gender, Sexuality and Power

Chicana Feminisms: Their Political Context and Contemporary Expressions

Crazy Wisdom: Memories of a Cuban Queer

Teatro Viva!: Latino Performance and the Politics of AIDS in Los Angeles

The Latin Phallus

Labor and Politics in a Global Economy: The Latino Metropoles

Rank and File: Historical Perspectives on Latino/a Workers in the US

Latinos in a "Post-Industrial" Disorder: Politics in a Changing City

What's Yellow and White and Has Land All Around It?: Appropriating Place in Puerto Rican Barrios

Caribbean Colonial Immigrants in the Metropoles: A Research Agenda

Index

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