Being brown : Sonia Sotomayor and the Latino question /

"Sonia Sotomayor is the highest ranking Latino/a in the United States. Her story of accomplishment and rise to the pinnacle of American public life seemed to herald a profound cultural and historical shift. Latinos are America's largest minority and also its most disenfranchised. For many,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lima, Lázaro (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
Colección:American studies now ; 9.
Temas:
Sotomayor, Sonia, > 1954-
Judges > United States > Biography.
Hispanic American judges > Biography.
Juges > États-Unis > Biographies.
Juges américains d'origine latino-américaine > Biographies.
HISTORY / Social History
Hispanic American judges
Judges
United States
accomplishment.
american public life.
civil rights policies.
democratic practice.
first latina supreme court justice.
greater acceptance.
historical moment.
icon.
inclusion of latinos.
insurmountable odds.
meaningful political enfranchisement.
minority majority.
possibly model.
profound demographic transformation.
resurgent racism.
safeguards.
success.
symbolic inclusion.
uncritical embrace.
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : on being brown in the democratic commons
  • Sonia Sotomayor and "the Latino question"
  • Sonia Sotomayor's elusive embrace
  • Sonia Sotomayor, the mediapheme
  • Sonia Sotomayor and other states of debt
  • Coda : thinking otherwsie.

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