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Book SynopsisIllustrates how despite the hyper-visibility of Latinos in recent political debates, the daily lives of America's new "majority minority" remain largely invisible and mischaracterized
Trade Review"The book would be awelcome addition to undergraduate social science class that aims to engage seriously with ethnicity, difference and cultural expression in contemporary America." -- Nina Martin * Urban Studies Journal Limited *
"By complicating current representations of Latino/a lives and communities, this groundbreaking work provides a more global, transnational and fluid understanding of barrios both as physical spaces and as metaphors. A smart and engaging intervention on some of the most critical questions surrounding Latinos' citizenship, sexuality, activism and cultural politics." -- Arlene Davila,author of Latino Spin: Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race
"This interdisciplinary collection contests Latinos’ problematic hypervisibility by exploring their expressions of agency related to citizenship and nationalism, gender and sexuality, and community activism in multiple sites. The fascinating case studies illuminate how Latinas and Latinos of diverse origins negotiate complex local and transnational power relations." -- Patricia Zavella,University of California, Santa Cruz
"An important set of academic articles by skillful scholars." * Centro Journal *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Gina M. Perez, Frank A. Guridy, and Adrian Burgos, Jr.Part I Citizenship, Belonging, and (the Limits of) Latina/o Inclusion 1 Singing the "Star-Spanglish Banner" Maria Elena Cepeda 2 "!Puuurrrooo MEXICO!" Dolores Ines Casillas 3 Hayandose Lourdes Gutierrez Najera 4 Becoming Suspect in Usual Places Adrian Burgos, Jr., and Frank A. GuridyPart II Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of Memory and Representation 5 Gay Latino Histories/Dying to Be Remembered Horacio N. Roque Ramirezviii | Contents 6 All About My (Absent) Mother Deborah Paredez 7 Making "The International City" Home Pablo Mitchell and Haley Pollack 8 Hispanic Values, Military Values Gina M. PerezPart III Latina/o Activisms and Histories 9 Going Public? Tampa Youth, Racial Schooling, and Public History in the Cuentos de mi Familia Project John McKiernan-Gonzalez 10 The Mission in Nicaragua: San Francisco Poets Go to War Cary Cordova 11 From the Near West Side to 18th Street: Un/Making Latino/a Barrios in Postwar Chicago Lilia Fernandez 12 Transglocal Barrio Politics Ana Aparicio About the Contributors Index
