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
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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.

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  • 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