Constituting Central Americanamericans - Transnational Identities and the Politics of Dislocation

Informationen zum Autor MARITZA E. CÁRDENAS is an assistant professor of English at the University of Arizona in Tucson.   Klappentext Central Americans are the third largest and fastest growing Latino population in the United States. Constituting Central American-Americans is an exploration of the historical and disciplinary conditions that have structured US Central American identity and of the ways in which this identity challenges how we frame current discussions of Latina/o, American ethnic, and diasporic identities. Zusammenfassung Central Americans are the third largest and fastest growing Latino population in the United States. And yet! despite their demographic presence! there has been little scholarship focused on this group. Constituting Central American-Americans is an exploration of the historical and disciplinary conditions that have structured U.S. Central American identity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction           Part I: The Isthmus Imaginary: La Patria Grande Centroaméricana       1. Remembering La Patria Grande: Locating the Nation in Central American History     2. Constructing the Central American National Imaginary     Part II: The US Diaspora: Little Central America      3. Performing Centralamericanismo: Heterotopias and Transnational Identities at the COFECA Parade  4. Subjects in Passing: Central American-Americans, Latinidad, and the Politics of Dislocation      Epilogue: La Bestia and Beyond: Migration and the Politics of Mourning      Acknowledgments  Notes Bibliography     Index

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• Authors: Maritza E. C¿enas, Maritza E. Cardenas, Maritza E Cárdenas, Maritza E. Cárdenas, Maritza E. Cßrdenas
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9780813592824
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-9282-4
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Latinidad: Transnational Cultu; Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States; Latinidad: Transnational Cultu; Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Ethnic Issues