Description
Book SynopsisAn in-depth look at how U.S. Latino advocacy groups are using ethnoracial demographic projections to bring about political change in the present
For years, newspaper headlines, partisan speeches, academic research, and even comedy routines have communicated that the United States is undergoing a profound demographic transformation—one that will purportedly change the “face” of the country in a matter of decades. But the so-called browning of America, sociologist Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz contends, has less to do with the complexion of growing populations than with past and present struggles shaping how demographic trends are popularly imagined and experienced. Offering an original and timely window into these struggles, Figures of the Future explores the population politics of national Latino civil rights groups.
Based on eight years of ethnographic and qualitative research, spanning both the Obama and Trump administrations, this bo
Trade Review
"Winner of the Otis Dudley Duncan Book Award, Population Section of the American Sociological Association"
"Winner of the Mary Douglas Prize, Culture Section of the American Sociological Association"
"Winner of the Best Book Award, Latino/a Section of the American Sociological Association"
"Honorable Mention for the Charles Tilly Distinguished Book Award, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association"
"Incredibly original and innovative. . . . [Figures of the Future] is an outstanding contribution to the field."---Julie A. Dowling, Social Forces
"[Rodríguez-Muñiz] takes readers to the frontline of Latino advocacy and vividly describes how activists use demographic figures for political persuasion. . . . As the lofty optimism of a supposedly post-racial future was shattered by a dystopian embrace of white supremacy, many of us are still dizzy from this ride. Against this backdrop, Rodríguez-Muñiz provides us with critical tools to evaluate where we stand and where we go from here."---Sunmin Kim, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
"Rodríguez-Muñiz crafts a conscientious, sociologically informed narrative that is approachable yet critical, and that engages while challenging the reader." * Sociological Viewpoints *
