1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970549803321

Titolo

Neither Enemies nor Friends : Latinos, Blacks, Afro-Latinos / / by S. Oboler, A. Dzidzienyo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Palgrave Macmillan

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2005

ISBN

9786611369354

9781281369352

1281369357

9781403982636

1403982635

Edizione

[1st ed. 2005.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

DzidzienyoAnani <1941->

ObolerSuzanne

Disciplina

305.896/07

Soggetti

Race

Ethnology - Latin America

Culture

Education

African Americans

Sociology

Race and Ethnicity Studies

Latin American Culture

African American Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- PART 1 COMPARATIVE RACIALIZATION IN THE AMERICAS -- 1 Flows and Counterflows: Latinas/os, Blackness, and Racialization in Hemispheric Perspective -- PART 2 THE POLITICS OF RACIALIZATION IN LATIN AMERICA -- 2 A Region in Denial: Racial Discrimination and Racism in Latin America -- 3 Afro-Ecuadorian Responses to Racism: Between Citizenship and Corporatism -- 4 The Foreignness of Racism: Pride and Prejudice Among Peru's Limeños in



the 1990s -- 5 Bad Boys and Peaceful Garifuna: Transnational Encounters Between Racial Stereotypes of Honduras and the United States (and Their Implications for the Study of Race in the Americas) -- 6 Afro-Mexico: Blacks, Indígenas, Politics, and the Greater Diaspora -- 7 The Changing World of Brazilian Race Relations? -- PART 3 THE POLITICS OF RACIALIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES -- 8 Framing the Discussion of African American-Latino Relations: A Review and Analysis -- 9 Neither White nor Black: The Representation of Racial Identity Among Puerto Ricans on the Island and in the U.S. Mainland -- 10 Scripting Race, Finding Place: African Americans, Afro-Cubans, and the Diasporic Imaginary in the United States -- 11 Identity, Power, and Socioracial Hierarchies Among Haitian Immigrants in Florida -- 12 Interminority Relations in Legislative Settings: The Case of African Americans and Latinos -- 13 African American and Latina/o Cooperation in Challenging Racial Profiling -- 14 Racial Politics in Multiethnic America: Black and Latina/o Identities and Coalitions -- 15 Racism in the Americas and the Latino Scholar -- Appendix: Witnessing History: An Octogenarian Reflects on Fifty Years of African American-Latino Relations -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

In this collection, leading scholars focus on the contemporary meanings and diverse experiences of blackness in specific countries of the hemisphere, including the United States. The anthology introduces new perspectives on comparative forms of racialization in the Americas and presents its implications both for Latin American societies, and for Latinos' relations with African Americans in the U.S.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962371203321

Autore

Edwards Sean J. A. <1964->

Titolo

Mars unmasked : the changing face of urban operations / / Sean J.A. Edwards

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, c2000

ISBN

0-8330-4385-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (122 p.)

Disciplina

355.4/26

Soggetti

Urban warfare

Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993

United States Armed Forces Operational readiness

Panama History American Invasion, 1989

Chechni︠a︡ (Russia) History Civil War, 1994-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-108).

Sommario/riassunto

Presents a case study analysis of three urban operations. Examining three cases - Panama in 1989, Somalia in 1992-1993, and Chechnya in 1994-1995, the author discusses how ongoing technological, social, and political changes are increasing the significance of certain elements of urban operations.