{"product_id":"the-afrolatin-reader-9780822345589","title":"The AfroLatin Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Afro-Latin@ Reader\u003c\/i\u003e focuses attention on a large, vibrant, yet oddly invisible community in the United States: people of African descent from Latin America and the Caribbean. The presence of Afro-Latin@s in the United States (and throughout the Americas) belies the notion that Blacks and Latin@s are two distinct categories or cultures. Afro-Latin@s are uniquely situated to bridge the widening social divide between Latin@s and African Americans; at the same time, their experiences reveal pervasive racism among Latin@s and ethnocentrism among African Americans. Offering insight into Afro-Latin@ life and new ways to understand culture, ethnicity, nation, identity, and antiracist politics, \u003ci\u003eThe Afro-Latin@ Reader \u003c\/i\u003epresents a kaleidoscopic view of Black Latin@s in the United States. It addresses history, music, gender, class, and media representations in more than sixty selections, including scholarly essays, memoirs, newspaper and magazine articles, poetry, short storie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[R]equired reading for all Latinos. . . . This important reader provides critical information from a wide variety of approaches on the evolution and current realities of Black Latinos and Latinas. From poetic to musical to social scientific sources, this is a powerful 360-degree treatment of the subject.” - Angelo Falcón, \u003ci\u003eNational Institute for Latino Policy Book Notes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This exciting collection is a great resource for anyone interested in Ethnic Studies, Cultural Studies, or American Studies.” - Jenell Navarro, \u003ci\u003eWomen’s Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“As a collection of pieces, many of which have been published previously, \u003ci\u003eThe Afro-Latin@ Reader\u003c\/i\u003e ultimately serves as a compact archive of materials from various academic disciplines and creative genres that details the Afro-Latina\/o experience in the United States. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Afro-Latin@ Reader \u003c\/i\u003emakes accessible to students, scholars, and the general public a virtually ignored set of important contributions, not only to the study of Afro-Latina\/os, but to the discourse about race in the United States more generally.” - Petra R. Rivera, \u003ci\u003eTransition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The collected works in The Afro-Latin@ Reader broaden definitions of blackness and latinidad and reveal the multiple ways in which Afro-Latino\/as navigate national and cultural histories that have consistently denigrated or dismissed their African heritage and challenge US racial classifications that dismiss their cultural background and linguistic difference. The \u003ci\u003eAfro-Latin@ Reader \u003c\/i\u003einvites us to move beyond a binary understanding of racial identity and to embrace the allegiances that may be forged and, in many instances, have been forged among Afro-Latino\/as, Latinos\/as, African Americans, and other underrepresented groups in the US.” - Sobeira Latorre, \u003ci\u003eAnthurium: A Caribbean Studies\u003cbr\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Afro-Latin@ Reader\u003c\/i\u003e assembles in one place an extraordinary range of articles, chapters, and first-person accounts of Afro-Latin@ identity. These pieces show that explorations of Afro-Latin@ identities quickly reveal significant hidden histories of racialization, colonization, exploitation, and social mobilization. They complicate our understanding of the U.S. racial order and its complex systems of inclusion and exclusion. This collection is a much-needed addition to scholarship in ethnic studies.”—\u003cb\u003eGeorge Lipsitz\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Studies in a Moment of Danger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Afro-Latin@ Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is a superb collection, one that I cannot wait to use in my own courses. For some time now, scholars have engaged the history and anthropology of Black populations in Latin America, but the scholarship on the Afro-Latin@ presence (as configured on this side of the Rio Grande) has been more episodic and, to some extent, under-theorized. The breadth of \u003ci\u003eThe Afro-Latin@ Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as its effort to actually define the entire field, makes it a unique scholarly contribution.”—\u003cb\u003eBen Vinson III\u003c\/b\u003e, co-author of \u003ci\u003eAfrican Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[R]equired reading for all Latinos. . . . This important reader provides critical information from a wide variety of approaches on the evolution and current realities of Black Latinos and Latinas. From poetic to musical to social scientific sources, this is a powerful 360-degree treatment of the subject.” -- Angelo Falcón * National Institute for Latino Policy Book Notes *\u003cbr\u003e“As a collection of pieces, many of which have been published previously, \u003ci\u003eThe Afro-Latin@ Reader\u003c\/i\u003e ultimately serves as a compact archive of materials from various academic disciplines and creative genres that details the Afro-Latina\/o experience in the United States. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Afro-Latin@ Reader \u003c\/i\u003emakes accessible to students, scholars, and the general public a virtually ignored set of important contributions, not only to the study of Afro-Latina\/os, but to the discourse about race in the United States more generally.” -- Petra R. Rivera * Transition *\u003cbr\u003e“The collected works in The Afro-Latin@ Reader broaden definitions of blackness and latinidad and reveal the multiple ways in which Afro-Latino\/as navigate national and cultural histories that have consistently denigrated or dismissed their African heritage and challenge US racial classifications that dismiss their cultural background and linguistic difference. The \u003ci\u003eAfro-Latin@ Reader \u003c\/i\u003einvites us to move beyond a binary understanding of racial identity and to embrace the allegiances that may be forged and, in many instances, have been forged among Afro-Latino\/as, Latinos\/as, African Americans, and other underrepresented groups in the US.” -- Sobeira Latorre * Anthurium *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003cbr\u003e Editorial Note xv\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e I. Historical Background before 1900 \u003cbr\u003e The Earliest Africans in North America \/ Peter H. Wood 19\u003cbr\u003e Black Pioneers: The Spanish-Speaking Afroamericans of the Southwest \/ Jack D. Forbes 27\u003cbr\u003e Slave and Free Women of Color in the Spanish Ports of New Orleans, Mobile, and Pensacola \/ Virginia Meacham Gould 38\u003cbr\u003e Afro-Cubans in Tampa \/ Susan D. Greenbaum 51\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eExcerpt from \u003c\/i\u003ePulling the Muse from the Drum \/ Adrian Castro 62\u003cbr\u003e II. Arturo Alfonso Schomburg \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eExcerpt from\u003c\/i\u003e Racial Integrity: A Plea for the Establishment of a Chair of Negro History in Our Schools and Colleges \/ Arturo Alfonso Schomburg 67\u003cbr\u003e The World of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg \/ Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof 70\u003cbr\u003e Invoking Arturo Schomburg's Legacy in Philadelphia \/ Evelyne Laurent-Perrault 92\u003cbr\u003e III. Afro-Latin@s on the Color Line \u003cbr\u003e Black Cuban, Black American \/ Evelio Grillo 99\u003cbr\u003e A Puerto Rican in New York and Other Sketches \/ Jesus Colon 113\u003cbr\u003e Melba Alvarado, El Club Cubano Inter-Americano, and the Creation of Afro-Cubanidades in New York City \/ Nancy Raquel Mirabel 120\u003cbr\u003e An Uneven Playing Field: Afro-Latinos in Major League Baseball \/ Adrian Burgos Jr. 127\u003cbr\u003e Changing Identities: An Afro-Latino Family Portrait \/ Gabriel Haslip-Viera 142\u003cbr\u003e Eso era tremendo!: An Afro-Cuban Musician Remembers \/ Graciela Perez Gutierrez 150\u003cbr\u003e IV. Roots of Salsa: Afro-Latin@ Popular Music \u003cbr\u003e From \"Indianola\" to \"No Colá\": The Strange Career of the Afro-Puerto Rican Musician \/ Ruth Glasser 157\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eExcerpt from\u003c\/i\u003e cu\/bop \/ Louis Reyes Rivera 176\u003cbr\u003e Bauzá–Gillespie–Latin\/JAzz: Difference, Modernity, and the Black Caribbean \/ Jairo Moreno 177\u003cbr\u003e Contesting that Damned Mambo: Arsenio Rodriguez and the People of El Barrio and the Bronx in the 1950s \/ David F. Garcia 187\u003cbr\u003e Boogaloo and Latin Soul \/ Juan Flores 199\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eExcerpt from\u003c\/i\u003e the salsa of bethesda fountain \/ Tato Laviera 207\u003cbr\u003e V. Black Latin@ Sixties \u003cbr\u003e Hair Conking: Buy Black \/ Carlos Cooks 211\u003cbr\u003e Carlos A. Cooks: Dominican Garveyite in Harlem \/ Pedro R. Rivera 215\u003cbr\u003e Down These Mean Streets \/ Piri Thomas 219\u003cbr\u003e African Things \/ Victor Hernandez Cruz 232\u003cbr\u003e Black Notes and \"You Do Something to Me\" \/ Sandra Maria Esteves 233\u003cbr\u003e Before People Called Me a Spic, They Called Me a Nigger \/ Pablo \"Yoruba\" Guzman 235\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eExcerpt from\u003c\/i\u003e Jíbaro, My Pretty Nigger \/ Felipe Luciano 244\u003cbr\u003e The Yoruba Orisha Tradition Comes to New York City \/ Marta Moreno Vega 245\u003cbr\u003e Reflections and Lived Experiences of Afro-Latin@ Religiosity \/ Luis Barrios 252\u003cbr\u003e Discovering Myself \/ Un Testimonio \/ Josefina Baez 266\u003cbr\u003e VI. Afro-Latinas \u003cbr\u003e The Black Puerto Rican Woman in Contemporary American Society \/ Angela Jorge 269\u003cbr\u003e Something Latino Was Up with Us \/ Spring Redd 276\u003cbr\u003e Excerpt from Poem for My Grifa-Rican Sistah, or Broken Ends Broken Promises \/ Mariposa (María Teresa Fernandez) 280\u003cbr\u003e Latinegras: Desired Women—Undesirable Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, and Wives \/ Marta I. Cruz-Janzen 282\u003cbr\u003e Letter to a Friend \/ Nilaja Sun 296\u003cbr\u003e Uncovering Mirrors: Afro-Latina Lesbian Subjects \/ Ana M. Lara 298\u003cbr\u003e The Black Bellybutton of a Bongo \/ Marianela Medrano 314\u003cbr\u003e VII. Public Images and (Mis)Representations \u003cbr\u003e Notes on Eusebia Cosme and Juano Hernandez \/ Miriam Jimenez Roman 319\u003cbr\u003e Desde el Mero Medio: Race Discrimination within the Latino Community \/ Carlos Flores 323\u003cbr\u003e Displaying Identity: Dominicans in the Black Mosaic of Washington, D.C. \/ Ginetta E. B. Candelario 326\u003cbr\u003e Bringing the Soul: Afros, Black Empowerment, and Lucecita Benítez \/ Yeidy M. Rivero 343\u003cbr\u003e Can BET Make You Black? Remixing and Reshaping Latin@s on Black Entertainment Television \/ Ejima Baker 358\u003cbr\u003e The Afro-Latino Connection: Can this group be the bridge to a broadbased Black-Hispanic alliance? \/ Alan Hughes and Milca Esdaille 364\u003cbr\u003e VIII. Afro-Latin@s in the Hip Hop Zone \u003cbr\u003e Ghettocentricity, Blackness, and Pan-Latinidad \/ Raquel Z. Rivera 373\u003cbr\u003e Chicano Rap Roots: Afro-Mexico and Black-Brown Cultural Exchange \/ Pancho McFarland 387\u003cbr\u003e The Rise and Fall of Reggaeton: From Daddy Yankee to Tego Calderon and Beyond \/ Wayne Marshall 396\u003cbr\u003e Do Platanos Go wit' Collard Greens? \/ David Lamb 404\u003cbr\u003e Divas Don't Yield \/ Sofia Quintero 411\u003cbr\u003e IX. Living Afro-Latinidads \u003cbr\u003e An Afro-Latina's Quest for Inclusion \/ Yvette Modestin 417\u003cbr\u003e Retracing Migration: From Samana to New York and Back Again \/ Ryan Mann-Hamilton 422\u003cbr\u003e Negotiating among Invisibilities: Tales of Afro-Latinidades in the United States \/ Vielka Cecilia Hoy 426\u003cbr\u003e We Are Black Too: Experiences of a Honduran Garifuna \/ Aida Lambert 431\u003cbr\u003e Profile of an Afro-Latina: Black, Mexican, Both \/ Maria Rosario Jackson 434\u003cbr\u003e Enrique Patterson: Black Cuban Intellectual in Cuban Miami \/ Antonio Lopez 439\u003cbr\u003e Reflections about Race by a \u003ci\u003eNegrito Acomplejao\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Eduardo Bonilla-Silva 445\u003cbr\u003e Divisible Blackness: Reflections on Heterogeneity and Racial Identity \/ Silvio Torres-Saillant 453\u003cbr\u003e Nigger-Reecan Blues \/ Willie Perdomo 467\u003cbr\u003e X. Afro-Latin@s: Present and Future Tenses \u003cbr\u003e How Race Counts for Hispanic Americans \/ John R. Logan 471\u003cbr\u003e Bleach in the Rainbow: Latino Ethnicity and Preferences for Whiteness \/ William A. Darity Jr., Jason Dietrich, and Darrick Hamilton 485\u003cbr\u003e Brown Like Me? \/ Ed Morales 499\u003cbr\u003e Against the Myth of Racial Harmony in Puerto Rico \/ Afro-Puerto Rican Testimonies Project 508\u003cbr\u003e Mexican Ways, African Roots \/ Lisa Hoppenjans and Ted Richardson 512\u003cbr\u003e Afro-Latin@s and the Latino Workplace \/ Tanya Kateri Hernandez 520\u003cbr\u003e Racial Politics in Multiethnic America: Black and Latina\/o Identities and Coalitions 527\u003cbr\u003e Afro-Latinism in United States Society: A Commentary \/ James Jennings 540\u003cbr\u003e Sources and Permissions 547\u003cbr\u003e Contributors 551\u003cbr\u003e Index 559\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406056857943,"sku":"9780822345589","price":100.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822345589.jpg?v=1730494384","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-afrolatin-reader-9780822345589","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}