Keywords for Latina/o Studies
Keywords for Latina/o Studies
Editor/Author
Vargas , Deborah R., La Fountain-Stokes, Lawrence and Mirabal, Nancy Raquel
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: New York University Press
Price: Core Collection Only

ISBN: 978-1-4798-6604-5
Category: Social Sciences - Ethnic Studies
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Keywords for Latina/o Studies is a generative text that enhances the ongoing dialogue within a rapidly growing and changing field. The keywords included in this collection represent established and emergent terms, categories, and concepts that undergird Latina/o studies; they delineate the shifting contours of a field best thought of as an intellectual imaginary and experiential project of social and cultural identities within the U.S. academy.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction - Deborah R. Vargas, Nancy Raquel Mirabal, and Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes
- 1. Afro-Latinas/os - Tanya Katerí Hernández
- 2. Americas - Alexandra T. Vazquez
- 3. Art - Rita Gonzalez
- 4. Assimilation - Catherine S. Ramírez
- 5. Barrio - Gina M. Pérez
- 6. Borderlands - Nicole M. Guidotti-Hernández
- 7. Brown - Joshua Javier Guzmán
- 8. Capitalism - Ramona Hernández
- 9. Chicana, Chicano, Chican@, Chicanx - Sheila Marie Contreras
- 10. Citizenship - Nicholas De Genova
- 11. Culture - Arlene Dávila
- 12. Decolonial - María Lugones
- 13. Diaspora - Ricardo L. Ortíz
- 14. Education - Angela Valenzuela
- 15. Empire - Lázaro Lima
- 16. Exile - José Quiroga
- 17. Family - Richard T. Rodríguez
- 18. Feminisms - María Eugenia Cotera
- 19. Film - Sergio de la Mora
- 20. Food - Zilkia Janer
- 21. Gender - Sandra K. Soto
- 22. Health - John Mckiernan-González
- 23. History - Gerald E. Poyo
- 24. Housing - Zaire Z. Dinzey-Flores
- 25. Hyphen - Frederick Luis Aldama
- 26. Illegality - Cecilia Menjívar
- 27. Incarceration - Michael Hames-García
- 28. Indigeneity - Maylei Blackwell
- 29. Labor - Shannon Gleeson
- 30. Language - John Nieto-Phillips
- 31. Latinidad/es - Frances R. Aparicio
- 32. Law - Enid Trucios-Haynes
- 33. Literature - Ana Patricia Rodríguez
- 34. Maquiladoras - Norma Iglesias-Prieto
- 35. Media - Mari Castañeda
- 36. Mestizaje - Alicia Arrizón
- 37. Militarism - Manuel G. Avilés-Santiago
- 38. Modernity - José F. Aranda Jr.
- 39. Music - María Elena Cepeda
- 40. Nationalism - Raúl Coronado
- 41. Performance - Ramón H. Rivera-Servera
- 42. Philosophy - Linda Martín Alcoff and Rolando Pérez
- 43. Poetry - Urayoán Noel
- 44. Politics - John A. García
- 45. Popular Culture - Curtis Marez
- 46. Poverty - Patricia Zavella
- 47. Race - Silvio Torres-Saillant and Nancy Kang
- 48. Radio - Dolores Inés Casillas
- 49. Rasquachismo - Laura G. Gutiérrez
- 50. Raza - B. V. Olguín
- 51. Religion - Anne M. Martínez
- 52. Sexuality - Juana María Rodríguez
- 53. Social Movements - Randy J. Ontiveros
- 54. Sovereignty - Nelson Maldonado-Torres
- 55. Spanglish - Ana Celia Zentella
- 56. Spirituality - Theresa Delgadillo
- 57. Sterilization - Alexandra Minna Stern
- 58. Television - Mary Beltrán
- 59. Territoriality - Mary Pat Brady
- 60. Testimonio - Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé
- 61. Theater - Lillian Manzor
- 62. Transnationalism - Ginetta E. B. Candelario
- 63. White - Julie A. Dowling
- Bibliography
- About the Contributors