Latino crossings : Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and the politics of race and citizenship /

Despite being combined in census data, there are divisions between Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in the United States. This book examines how constructions of Latino self and otherness interact with America's white/black racial consciousness.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: De Genova, Nicholas
Other Authors: Ramos-Zayas, Ana Y.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Routledge, 2003.
Subjects:
Mexican Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions.
Puerto Ricans > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions.
Hispanic Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions.
Mexican Americans > Race identity > Illinois > Chicago.
Puerto Ricans > Race identity > Illinois > Chicago.
Intergroup relations > Illinois > Chicago.
Citizenship > Social aspects > Illinois > Chicago.
Mexican Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Ethnic identity.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Illinois > Chicago > Conditions sociales.
Portoricains > Illinois > Chicago > Conditions sociales.
Américains d'origine latino-américaine > Illinois > Chicago > Conditions sociales.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Identité ethnique > Illinois > Chicago.
Portoricains > Identité ethnique > Illinois > Chicago.
Relations intergroupes > Illinois > Chicago.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Citizenship > Social aspects
Hispanic Americans > Social conditions
Intergroup relations
Mexican Americans > Race identity
Mexican Americans > Social conditions
Puerto Ricans > Social conditions
Race relations
Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations.
Illinois > Chicago
Multi-User: limited to 5 simultaneous users.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Latino crossings
  • "Latino" locations : the politics of space in Chicago
  • Economies of dignity : ideologies of work and worth
  • Performing deservingness : "Civility" and "Modernity" in conflict
  • Familiar apparitions : gender and ideologies of the family
  • Latino languages, mixed signals
  • Latino rehearsals : divergent articulations of Latinidad
  • Conclusion : Latino futures?

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