Latino spin : public image and the whitewashing of race /

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Winner of the 2010 Distinguished Book Award in Latino Studies from the Latin American Studies Association. Illegal immigrant, tax burden, job stealer. Patriot, family oriented, hard worker, model consumer. Ever since Latinos became the largest minority in the U.S. they have been caught between these...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dávila, Arlene M., 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2008.
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Hispanic Americans > Social conditions.
Américains d'origine latino-américaine > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Race relations.
Soziale Situation
Ethnische Beziehungen
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States.
USA
Hispanos.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Here comes the Latino middle class
  • Latinos : "the new Republicans (they just don't know it)"
  • The Hispanic consumer: that's "a lot of dollars, cars, diapers, and food"
  • The Times-Squaring of el barrio : on mega-projects, spin, and "community consent"
  • From barrio to mainstream : on the politics of latino/a art museums
  • The "disciplining" of ethnic studies : or, why it will take Goya foods and J. Lo to endow Latino studies
  • Conclusion: On the dangers of wishful thinking.

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