Latino Crossings - Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and the Politics of Race and Citizenship

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Chapter OneIntroduction: Latino CrossingsChapter TwoLatino Locations: The Politics of Space in ChicagoChapter ThreeEconomies of Dignity: Ideologies of Work and WorthChapter FourPerforming Deservingness: Civility and Modernity in ConflictChapter FiveFamiliar Apparitions: Gender and Ideologies of the FamilyChapter SixLatino Languages, Mixed SignalsChapter SevenLatino Rehearsals: Divergent Articulations of LatinidadChapter EightConclusion: Latino Futures

About the author

Nicholas P. De Genova is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Program in Latino Studies at Columbia University.

Ana Yolanda Ramos-Zayas is Assistant Professor in the Departments of Anthropology and Hispanic Caribbean Studies at Rutgers University.

Summary

Despite being combined in census data, there are divisions between Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in the United States. This study examines how constructions of Latino self and otherness interact with America's white/black racial consciousness.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas De Genova, Ana Yolanda Ramos-Zayas, Ramos-Zayas Ana Yolanda
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.09.2003
• EAN: 9780415934565
• ISBN: 978-0-415-93456-5
• No. of pages: 268
• Weight: 660 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Regional Studies, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Regional / International studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies