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Latina/o/x Communication Studies: Theories, Methods, and Practice spotlights contemporary Latina/o/x Communication Studies research in various theoretical, methodological, and academic contexts. Leandra H. Hernández, Diana I. Bowen, Sara De Los Santos Upton, and Amanda R. Martinez have assembled a collection of case studies that focus on health, media, rhetoric, identity, organizations, the environment, and academia. Contributors expand upon previous Latina/o/x Communication Studies scholarship by examining identity and academic experiences in our current political climate; the role of language, identity, and Latinidades in health and media contexts; and the role of social activism in rhetorical, environmental, organizational, and border studies contexts. Scholars of communication, Latin American Studies, rhetoric, and sociology will find this book particularly useful.
List of contents
Introduction: Latina/o/x Communication Studies: Current Considerations & Future Directions
Chapter 1: Deconstructing "Build That Wall": A Latina/o Critical Communication Theory Analysis
Chapter 2: Linguistic Capital: Latinx and English/Spanish Language Fluency
Chapter 3: Latinidad, Heterogeneity, and Health Communication Scholarship: A Literature Review Analysis of Latina/o/x Representation
Chapter 4: Evaluating a Webnovela's Effectiveness of HPV Vaccine Promotion among Latinas
Chapter 5: A Latina Captain: Decentering Latinidad Through Audience Constructions in Dexter
Chapter 6: El Chamizal: Cementing National Identity with a Concrete Canal on the México/U.S. Border
Chapter 7: Visions of the Border in Mexican Political Cartoons
Chapter 8: Buen Vivir: Indigeneity, Environmental Activism, and Decolonial Organizing
Chapter 9: Nepantla Activism in Braiding Borders+Trenzando Fronteras
Chapter 10: Towards a Borderland Oratory: Within, Against, & Beyond Con Carácter, Ánimo, Y Grito
Chapter 11: First-Generation Chicana/o Student Activism: A Narrative Analysis of the Impacts on Retention and Matriculation
Chapter 12: On the Specters of Coloniality / A Letter to Latina/o/x Students Journeying through the Educational Pipeline
Chapter 13: Vernaculars of Nos/Otros: A Collaborative Autoethnography of Mentoring
Chapter 14: Lessons from My Battle Scars: Testimonio's Transformative Possibilities for Theory and Practice
Conclusion: The Futures of Latina/o/x Communication Studies: A Plática with Senior Scholars
About the author
Edited by Diana I. Bowen and Sarah De Los Santos Upton - Contributions by Robert Gutierrez-Perez; Leandra Hinojosa Hernández; Michelle A. Holling; Dr. Michael Lechuga; Diana Leon-Boys; Amanda R. Martinez; Shantel Martinez; Rebecca Mercado Jones; Yvonne Mo
Summary
This book presents contemporary Latina/o/x Communication Studies research in theoretical, methodological, and academic contexts. Contributors focus on Latina/o/x experiences in academia, Latina/o/x identity, the role of the Spanish language, and border activism modes of resistance.
