{"product_id":"being-brown-sonia-sotomayor-and-the-latino-question-9-american-studies-now-critical-histories-of-the-present-9780520300880","title":"Being Brown Sonia Sotomayor and the Latino","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeing Brown: Sonia Sotomayor and the Latino Questiontells the story ofthe country's first Latina Supreme Court Associate Justice'srise to the pinnacle of American public life at a moment of profound demographic and political transformation. While Sotomayor's confirmation appeared to signal the greater acceptance and inclusion of Latinosthe nation's largest minority majoritythe uncritical embrace of her status as a possibility model and icon paradoxically erased the fact that her success was due to civil rights policies and safeguards that no longer existed. Being Brownanalyzes Sotomayor's story of success and accomplishment, despite seemingly insurmountable odds, in order to ask:What do we lose in democratic practice when we allow symbolic inclusion to supplant the work of meaningful political enfranchisement? In a historical moment of resurgent racism, unrelenting Latino bashing, and previously unimaginable blood and soil Nazism,Being Brownexplains what we stand to lose when we allow democratic values to be trampled for the sake of political expediency, and demonstrates how understanding the Latino question can fortify democratic practice.    Being Brownprovides the historical vocabulary for understanding why the Latino body politic is central to the country's future and why Sonia Sotomayor's biography provides an important window into understanding America, and the country's largest minority majority, at this historical juncture. In the process,Being Browncounters alternative facts with historical precision and ethical clarity to invigorate the best of democratic practice at ahistorical moment when we need it most.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBeing Brown\u003c\/i\u003e reads, and feels, like the right book at the right time. The dream of the ‘Brown Democratic Commons’ that drives so much of Lázaro Lima’s thought, and his hope, in this transformative study has never felt so possible, and so impossible, at the same time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Latino Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOverview\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. On Being Brown\u003cbr\u003e in the Democratic Commons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part I. A latina for the nation\u003cbr\u003e 1. Sonia Sotomayor and “the Latino Question”\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sonia Sotomayor’s Elusive Embrace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Losing Sonia Sotomayor\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sonia Sotomayor, the Mediapheme\u003cbr\u003e 4. Sonia Sotomayor and Other States of Debt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Coda. Thinking Otherwise: Sonia Sotomayor and\u003cbr\u003e the Emergence of Latino Legal Thought\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402913816919,"sku":"9780520300880","price":64.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520300880.jpg?v=1730481828","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/being-brown-sonia-sotomayor-and-the-latino-question-9-american-studies-now-critical-histories-of-the-present-9780520300880","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}