{"product_id":"latinao-midwest-reader-9780252041211","title":"Latinao Midwest Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The \u003ci\u003eReader\u003c\/i\u003e offers something for everyone. . . . The research disrupts narratives that remove Latinos from history and from the region. . . . Current activists and allies can look to the volume for a history of resistance and a people's determination to live with dignity.\" --\u003ci\u003eMiddle West Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This key book expands understanding of Latina\/os outside of the traditional areas of the US. . . . A major addition to the histories of Latina\/os and future Latina\/o studies scholarship on the Midwest. . . . Recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Latina\/o Midwest Reader\u003c\/i\u003e certainly contributes to this nascent literature by bringing much needed attention to the struggles and contributions of Latinos in the Midwest.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of Folklore Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Latina\/o Midwest Reader\u003c\/i\u003e makes a valuable contribution to Latina\/o studies by pushing the field to look beyond the East and West Coast model for the experiences of Latina\/o communities. . . . Every educator in the Midwest, from pre-K to college, should read the book in order to understand the region in more of its complexity.\"--\u003ci\u003eMissouri Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Latina\/o Midwest Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging and much-needed collection of essays that examines historical and contemporary Latina and Latino place-making in the U.S. heartland. Valerio-Jiménez, Vaquera-Vásquez, and Fox have assembled a wide-ranging regional study of the field that is distinct in its cross-disciplinary scope with contributions from the social sciences, the humanities, and interdisciplinary studies. A valuable introduction to the \u003ci\u003eold and new\u003c\/i\u003e Midwest.\"—Mérida Rúa, editor of \u003ci\u003eLatino Urban Ethnography and the Work of Elena Padilla\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Latina\/o Midwest Reader\u003c\/i\u003e makes a vital contribution to Latina\/o Studies in the United States, not merely by filing a proverbial gap in the literature, but by demonstrating that the multi-layered, multi-textured intersection of diverse historical and socio-political formations of Latinidad in this region supplies some of the necessary conceptual keys for understanding Latino identity, historicity, and place-making anywhere in the United States.\"—Nicholas De Genova, author of \u003ci\u003eWorking the Boundaries: Race, Space, and “Illegality” in Mexican Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400440881495,"sku":"9780252041211","price":87.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252041211.jpg?v=1730470688","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/latinao-midwest-reader-9780252041211","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}