Challenging Fronteras: Structuring Latina and Latino Lives in the U.S.

Book Overview

Challenging Fronteras reflects an important new wave of research that moves beyond sweeping generalizations that treat Latinos as a monolithic cultural group. This anthology focuses on the diversity of Latino experiences by providing historical specificity and cutting-edge research that employs the conceptual and analytical tools of social science. Contributors, selected from leading researchers in Latino Studies, include Patricia Zavella, Suzanne Oboler, Alejandro Portes, Clara Rodriquez, Marta Tienda, Nestor Rodriquez, and others.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415916089
• ISBN13: 9780415916080
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Latino/a scholars examine immigration, ethnic identity & the latino experience in the U.S.

From Back Cover: "How does our white/black binary thinking about race obscure our understanding of changing race relations in the United States? 'Challenging Fronteras' addresses this question by offering a comprehensive introduction to the diversity of Latino cultures and experiences in America, moving beyond superficial treatments of Latinos as a monolithic group. These essays, which employ social science and ethnic studies perspectives, cover topics such as immigration, theories of ethnicity, identity, work and family life, and politically and economic restructuring. Tracing the intersection of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and citizenship, the contributors expose the constraints that inform the lives of Latinas and Latinos and explore the possibilities ahead. Contributors include: Max J. Castro, Norma Stoltz Chinchilla, Scott Coltrane, Debbie Draznin, M. Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, Juan Flores, Anna M. Garcia, Guillermo Grenier, Luis E. Guarnizo, Jacqueline Maria Hagan, Nora Hamilton, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, J. Jorg eKlor de Alva, Steve Morris, Suzanne Oboler, Vilma Ortiz, Candace Nelson, Alejandro Portes, Terry A. Repack, Clara E. Rodriguez, Nestor P. Rodriguez, Mary Romero, Alex Stepick, Marta Tienda, Elsa O. Valdez, Patrcia Zavella Partial list of essays: * The structuring of Hispanic Ethnicity * the Roots of Hispanic Homogenization * The Invention of Ethnic Origins and Negotiation of Latino Identity, 1969-1981 * Central American Migration, Summary of Puerto Rican Migration to the U.S. * History of Mexican Undocumented Settlement in the United States * The Nicaraguan Exodus * Los Dominicanyorks: The Making of a Binational Society * The Structuring of Puerto Rican Identity in the U.S. * Reflections on Diversity Among Chicanas*The Politics of Work and Family Among Hispanic Garment Workers in California & Florida.