{"product_id":"latinasos-on-the-east-coast-9781433124082","title":"Latinasos on the East Coast","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLatinas\/os on the East Coast: A Critical Reader\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive overview of established and contemporary research and essays written about communities that represent the Latina\/o diaspora on the East Coast of the United States. Collectively, it contributes to the historical, cultural, political, and economic dynamics that affect the Latinas\/os' lived experience of the country. Analyzed through an interdisciplinary lens, this reader offers a critical examination of the policies and the practices that affect the following current and emerging themes and topics: \u003ci\u003eHistory; Ethnicity and culture; Immigration, transnationalism, and civil rights; Education; Health; Women's studies; Film and media studies; Queer studies; Literature; Visual and performing arts.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book is an indispensable resource for scholars, researchers, educators, undergraduate and graduate students, as well as any individual, group, or organization interested in issues that affect Latinas\/os in \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Ángeles Donoso Macaya: Latina\/o Studies: The Emergence and Transformation of a Field – Siro del Castillo: A Plea to Destigmatize Mariel – Gabriel Haslip-Viera: The Evolution of the Latino Community in New York City – Ramona Hernández: The Great Exodus: Its Roots – Kaity Modesto: Our Heights’ Story: Exploring the Dominican Community in Washington Heights from 1992 to 2013 – Ana Cristina Braga Martes (translated by Allan Vidigal): «Neither Hispanic, nor Black: We’re Brazilian» – David Carey, Jr.: Situating Latino Voices in a New England Community – Katherine M. Conway\/Alyse C. Hachey\/Claire Wladis: A New Diaspora: Latina\/os in the Online Environment – Rebecca Garte: The Family in the Classroom: How a Culturally Valid Learning Community Transforms the Identity of Latina\/o College Students – Donna M. Harris\/Judy Marquez Kiyama: Making Visible the Invisible: Latina\/o Students’ Insights about the Resources for and Barriers to High School Persistence – Dina Lopez: Immigrant Identities in Transnational Contexts: The Figured World of a New York City English Literacy and Civics Education Classroom – Stanton Wortham\/Katherine Clonan-Roy\/Holly Link\/Carlos Martínez: The New Latino Diaspora – Luisa N. Borrell\/Clara Rodríguez: The Implications and Impact of Race on the Health of Hispanic\/Latino Males – Anahí Viladrich: Botánicas in America’s Backyard: Uncovering the World of Latino Healers’ Herb-healing\u003cbr\u003e Practices in New York City – Yolanda Prieto: Women Leave Home for the Factory: Gender, Work, and Family – Rosie M. Soy\/Stefan Bosworth: Dominican Women Across Three Generations: Educational Dreams, Goals and Hopes – Ginetta E.B. Candelario: «They Are Taken into Account for Their Opinions»: Making Community and Displaying Identity at a Dominican Beauty Shop in New York City – Luis Aponte-Parés: Outside\/In: Crossing Queer and Latino Boundaries – Carlos Ulises Decena: Tacit Subjects – Ramón H. Rivera-Servera: Building Home: Arthur Aviles’s Choreography of the Public Sphere – Lillian Jiménez: From the Margin to the Center: Puerto Rican Cinema in New York – Isabel Molina Guzmán: Policing the Latina\/o Other: Latinidad in Prime-Time News Coverage of the Elián González Story – Frank M. Figueroa: New York’s Latin Music Landmarks – Sydney Hutchinson: Merengue Típico in New York City: A History – Frances Negrón-Mutaner: The Writing on the Wall: The Life and Passion of Jean-Michel Basquiat – Miriam DeCosta-Willis: Sandra María Esteves’s Nuyorican Poetics: The Signifying Difference – Aitor Ibarrola-Armendariz: Dominican-American Auto-Ethnographies: Considering the Boundaries of Self-Representation in Julia Álvarez and Junot Díaz – Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes: Women’s Bodies, Lesbian Passions.","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039564923223,"sku":"9781433124082","price":35.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/latinasos-on-the-east-coast-9781433124082","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}