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

by Nicholas De Genova and Ana Yolanda Ramos-Zayas

Book Overview

Despite being lumped together by census data, there are deep divisions between Mexicans and Puerto Ricans living in the United States. Mexicans see Puerto Ricans as deceptive, disagreeable, nervous, rude, violent, and dangerous, while Puerto Ricans see Mexicans as submissive, gullible, naive, and folksy. The distinctly different styles of Spanish each group speaks reinforces racialized class differences. Despite these antagonistic divisions, these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415934575
• ISBN13: 9780415934572
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.3"