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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824488803321

Titolo

Borderless borders : U.S. Latinos, Latin Americans, and the paradox of interdependence / / edited by Frank Bonilla ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 1998

ISBN

9786612047688

0-585-36422-2

1-282-04768-X

1-59213-844-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BonillaFrank

Disciplina

305.868073

Soggetti

Hispanic Americans - Politics and government

Hispanic Americans - Social conditions

Hispanic Americans - Economic conditions

United States Ethnic relations

United States Relations Latin America

Latin America Relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: Changing the Americas from Within the United States; 1 Dependence or Interdependence: Issues and Policy Choices Facing Latin Americans and Latinos; Part 1 Global Interdependence; 2 Interdependence, Inequality, and Identity: Linking Latinos and Latin Americans; 3 Trading Places: U.S. Latinos and Trade Liberalization in the Americas; 4 The Transnationalization of Immigration Policy; Part II The Reconfigured United States; 5 The Burden of Interdependence: Demographic, Economic, and Social Prospects for Latinos in the Reconfigured U.S.Economy

6 From Estrangement to Affinity: Dilemmas of Identity Among Hispanic Children7 The Economic Development of El Barrio; Part III The Politics and Identity of Diaspora; 8 1995 - Terreno Peligroso/Danger Zone: Cultural Relations Between Chicanos and Mexicans at the End of the Century; 9 Visions of Dominicanness in the United States; 10 The Legacy of Conquest and Discovery: Meditations on Ethnicity, Race, and



American Politics; 11 Transnational Political and Cultural Identities: Crossing Theoretical Borders; Part IV Reaching for the Civil Society on a Global Scale

12 Popular Movements and Economic Globalization13 The New Synthesis of Latin American and Latino Studies; 14 Rethinking Latino/Latin American Interdependence: New Knowing, New Practice; Notes; About the Illustrations; About the Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This new reality -- the Latinization of the United States -- is driven by forces that reach well beyond U.S. borders. It asserts itself demographically, politically, in the workplace, and in daily life. The perception that Latinos are now positioned to help bring about change in the Americas from within the United States has taken hold, sparking renewed interest and specific initiatives by hemispheric governments to cultivate new forms of relationships with emigrant communities.Borderless Borders describes the structural processes and active interventions taking place insid