Hispanic American Studies

In Domestic Economies, Susanna Rosenbaum examines how two groups of women-Mexican and Central American domestic workers and the predominantly white, middle-class women who employ them-seek to achieve the "American Dream." By juxtaposing their...

Latinos across the United States are redefining identities, pushing boundaries, and awakening politically in powerful and surprising ways. Many-Afrolatino, indigenous, Muslim, queer and undocumented, living in large cities and small towns-are voices who...

In 1968 Miguel ""Mickey"" Melendez was a college student, developing pride in his Cuban and Puerto Rican cultural identity and becoming increasingly aware of the effects of social inequality on Latino Americans. Joining with other...

In the summer of 2016, Disney introduced its first Latina princess, Elena of Avalor. Princesa of the Periphery explores this Disney property using multiple case studies to understand its approach to girlhood and Latinidad. Following the circuit of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849351669Author Cristina TzintzunFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 378g

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The Mexican and Chicana/o residents of San Diego have a long, complicated, and rich history that has been largely ignored. This collection of essays shows how the Spanish-speaking people of this border city have created their own cultural spaces...

How much does ethnicity matter to Mexican Americans today, when many marry outside their culture and some can't even stomach menudo? This book addresses that question through a unique blend of quantitative data and firsthand interviews with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816538850Author Natalia Deeb-SossaFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams)...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices...

Since late 2001 more than fifty percent of the babies born in California have been Latino. When these babies reach adulthood, they will, by sheer force of numbers, influence the course of the Golden State. This essential study, based on decades of data,...

The New Latino Studies Reader is designed as a contemporary, updated, multifaceted collection of writings that bring to force the exciting, necessary scholarship of the last decades. Its aim is to introduce a new generation of students to a wide-ranging...

The New Latino Studies Reader is designed as a contemporary, updated, multifaceted collection of writings that bring to force the exciting, necessary scholarship of the last decades. Its aim is to introduce a new generation of students to a wide-ranging...

Dreams and Nightmares takes a critical look at the challenges and dilemmas of immigration policy and practice in the absence of comprehensive immigration reform. The experiences of children and youth provide a prism through which the interwoven dynamics...

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Spanning from the early nineteenth century to today, this intellectual history examines the work of Latino writers who explored the major philosophic and political themes of their day, including the meaning and implementation of democracy, their...

Spanning from the early nineteenth century to today, this intellectual history examines the work of Latino writers who explored the major philosophic and political themes of their day, including the meaning and implementation of democracy, their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816537099Author Jesus J. LaraFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams) 215g

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Though neither king nor priest, Spanish dictator Francisco Franco nevertheless conceptualized his right to sovereignty around a political theology in which national identity resembled a sacred cult. Using Franco's Spain and la EspaNa sagrada as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451238146Author Ray SuarezFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint CelebraPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 155mm * 18mm

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909662469Author Benedict HoffFormat HardbackPage Count 188Imprint LegendaPublisher Maney Publishing

In 2010, Hispanics represented one out of every six people in the U.S. (up from one out of eight in 2000), such that the economic status of this population has become increasingly important for the economic direction of the nation. This volume brings...

The volume examines the effect racial stratification had on the economic and social lives of Mexican Americans and Anglo residents in a community that was majority Mexican American. The impact was felt economically as the community was a one-crop...

Clyde E. Keeler spent five summers studying the Cuna Indians on the San Blas islands off the coast of Panama as part of his genetics research-specifically research into certain genetic traits of albino populations. Published in 1956, this book is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780252088667Author Sergio LemusFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint University of Illinois PressPublisher University of Illinois PressWeight(grams) 454g

Until recently, much of the research on political participation has resisted the idea that Latino voters rely on ethnic cues. The discussion has become increasingly salient as political strategists have learned to define individual voting blocs and...

Sometime in April 2014, somewhere in a hospital in California, a Latino child tipped the demographic scales as Latinos displaced non-Hispanic whites as the largest racial/ethnic group in the state. So, one-hundred-sixty-six years after the Treaty of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781440863523Author Roger BrunsFormat HardbackPage Count 285Imprint Greenwood Publishing Group IncPublisher Greenwood Publishing Group Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781665768245Author Michele JeanmarieFormat HardbackPage Count 36Imprint Archway PublishingPublisher Archway PublishingWeight(grams) 413g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781887028Author Paul HumphreyFormat HardbackPage Count 206Imprint LegendaPublisher LegendaWeight(grams) 170g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636765266Author Claudia Alarco AlarcoFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint New Degree PressPublisher New Degree PressWeight(grams) 140g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643171241Author Romeo GarciaFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Parlor PressPublisher Parlor PressWeight(grams) 572g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781440841682Author Pablo Reid MitchellFormat PaperbackPage Count 303Imprint Greenwood Publishing Group IncPublisher Greenwood Publishing Group Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765115961Author Rodolfo F. AcuñaFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Selected writings by early LA cultural critic Gabriel Navarro, in English for the first timeIn the 1920s and 1930s a uniquely Mexican American entertainment culture flourished across the southwestern United States. Spanish-language newspapers offered...