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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145566103321

Autore

Gutmann Mathew C

Titolo

Perspectives on Las Américas [[electronic resource] ] : A Reader in Culture, History, & Representation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007

ISBN

1-281-32257-1

9786611322571

0-470-75353-6

0-470-75206-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (478 p.)

Collana

Global Perspectives

Altri autori (Persone)

RodríguezFélix V

StephenLynn

Disciplina

980

Soggetti

Ethnicity

Hispanic Americans

Identity (Psychology)

Latin Americans

Political culture

Popular culture

Sex role

History

Hispanic Americans - United States

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology

Latin America

Electronic books.

Latin America History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Perspectives on Las Americas: A Reader in Culture, History & Representation; Contents; List of Contributors; Editors' Acknowledgments; Acknowledgments to Sources; Introduction: Understanding the Américas: Insights from Latina/o and Latin American



Studies; PART I Colonialism and Resistance; 1 Traddutora, Traditora: A Paradigmatic Figure of Chicana Feminism; 2 From the Plantation to the Plantation (Excerpt); 3 New Approaches to the Study of Peasant Rebellion and Consciousness: Implications of the Andean Experience

4 The Real "New World Order": The Globalization of Racial and Ethnic Relations in the Late Twentieth Century5 The Americans: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples in the United States; PART II Global Political Economy; 6 "¿Quién Trabajará?': Domestic Workers, Urban Slaves, and the Abolition of Slavery in Puerto Rico; 7 A Central American Genocide: Rubber, Slavery, Nationalism, and the Destruction of the Guatusos-Malekus; 8 Transnational Labor Process and Gender Relations: Women in Fruit an

Sommario/riassunto

Perspectives on Las Américas: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation charts new territory by demonstrating the limits of neatly demarcating the regions of 'Latin America' and the 'United States'. This landmark volume presents key readings that collectively examine the historical, cultural, economic, and political integration of Latina/os across the Americas, thereby challenging the barriers between Latina/o Studies and Latin American/Caribbean Studies.:.; Brings together key readings that collectively examine the historical, cultural, economic, and political integration of Latina/os