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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823959403321

Titolo

Latino/a thought [[electronic resource] ] : culture, politics, and society / / [edited by] Francisco H. Vázquez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009

ISBN

1-282-49753-7

9786612497537

0-7425-6888-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (494 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VázquezFrancisco H <1949-> (Francisco Hernández)

Disciplina

973/.0468

Soggetti

Hispanic Americans - Intellectual life

Hispanic Americans - Politics and government

Hispanic Americans - Social conditions

Ethnicity - Political aspects - United States

United States Ethnic relations

United States Ethnic relations Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Latino/a thought : culture, politics, and society / Francisco H. Vázquez and Rodolfo D. Torres. c2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; General Introduction; Introduction for Students: Power/Knowledge, Language, and Everyday life; Part I: Historical Origins/Theoretical and Feminist(S) Contexts (Ca. 1750 to 1900); Serpientis Y Escaleras: Frameworks and Scaffolds for Understanding Latino/ a Political Thought; 1: The Chicana Woman: An Historical Materialist Perspective; 2: Latina Politics/Latino Politics; 3: Reflections on Latino/as and Public Citizenship; Carved out of Language: Literary and Historical Discourses

4: I Am Joaquín: An Epic Poem (1967)5: América's Patriots Then and Now: Anticolonial Struggles and Latino/a Political Thought; Seduction and Aggression: The Birth of Territorial, Involuntary, and Cultural U.S. Citizens; 6: The Making of a Tejano: The Personal Memoirs of John N. Seguín; 7: Letter from James Buchanan and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; From Spanish Colonies, to Independence, to U.S. American



Colonies: The Treaty of Paris; U.S. Americans and Cubans: Relations of Mutual Desire; 8: Meanings in Transition; 9: The Platt Amendment (1901)

Puerto Ricans: Political Status in Suspended Animation 10: The Shaping of a Colonial Policy; Summary and Conclusion; Poem: Last-Mambo-in-Miami; Part II: Life Within the Empire: (De) Constructing Political Positions and Identities; Resistance and Negotiation (Ca. 1900 to 1960's); Puerto Rican Resistance to, and Insistence on, U.S. Citizenship; 11: The Emergence of Feminism in Puerto Rico, 1870-1930; 12: We Came Out of Prison Standing, Not on Our Knees; Cuban Self-Determination under U.S. Hegemony; 13: El Exilio: National Security Interests and the Origins of the Cuban Exile Enclave

The Fragile Political Status of Mexican Americans 14: Our Feminist Heritage; 15: El Primer Congreso Mexicanista de 1911: A Precursor to Contemporary Chicanismo; 16: Epilogue from Decade of Betrayal; Manifold Identities and Struggles (Ca. 1960's to Present); 17: The Organizer's Tale; 18: Queer Azrlán: The Re-formation of Chicano Tribe; 19: Reconstructing Racial Identity: Ethnicity, Color, and Class among Dominicans in the United States and Puerto Rico; 20: No Regrets: The Tough Choice between Freedom and Convictions Faced by Jailed Puerto Rican Activists; 21: Havana USA

Summary and Comparative Analysis Part III: On the National Question; 22: Brown Beret National Policies; 23: Chicanos as a Postcolonial Minority: Some Questions Concerning the Adequacy of the Paradigm of Internal Colonialism; 24: Young Lords Party: 13-Point Program and Platform; 25: The Divorce of Nationalist Discourses from the Puerto Rican People; Poem: native of nowhere; Part IV: Beyond the National-Colonial Dichotomy (History of the Present); 26: Transnational Political and Cultural Identities: Crossing Theoretical Borders; 27: Class and Culture Wars in the New Latino Politics

28: The Decolonial Imaginary: Writing Chicanas into History

Sommario/riassunto

Latino/a Thought is unique in its presentation of cross cultural writings-especially from Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban writers and political documents-that shape the ideology and experience of U.S. Latinos. Students can read, first hand, the works or authors who most shaped the Latino/a heritage. They are guided by vivid introductions that set each article or document in its historical context and describe its relevance today. The writings touch on many themes, but are guided by this book's concern for a quest for public citizenship among all Latino populations and a better understanding...