LEADER 04185nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910811512903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-73739-4 024 7 $a10.7560/737389 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046141 035 $a(OCoLC)795165753 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10565386 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000585472 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11347605 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000585472 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10569876 035 $a(PQKB)10226774 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443593 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17570 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443593 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10565386 035 $a(OCoLC)932314195 035 $a(DE-B1597)588176 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292737396 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046141 100 $a20111130d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConversations across our America $etalking about immigration and the Latinoization of the United States /$fby Louis G. Mendoza 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (312 p.) 225 1 $aJoe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-73738-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: the Latinoization of the U.S. and "our" national culture -- Leaving: home is no longer home -- The crucible of change and adaptation -- An emerging sense of mutuality -- Confronting threats to community -- Asserting rights -- Internal migration -- Living in the borderlands means... -- Conclusion: nuestra America ahora: meditations on Latinoization, citizenship, and belonging. 330 $aIn the summer of 2007, Louis G. Mendoza set off on a bicycle trip across the United States with the intention of conducting a series of interviews along the way. Wanting to move beyond the media?s limited portrayal of immigration as a conflict between newcomers and ?citizens,? he began speaking with people from all walks of life about their views on Latino immigration. From the tremendous number of oral histories Mendoza amassed, the resulting collection offers conversations with forty-three different people who speak of how they came to be here and why they made the journey. They touch upon how Latino immigration is changing in this country, and how this country is being changed by Latinoization. Interviewees reflect upon the concerns and fears they?ve encountered about the transformation of the national culture, and they relate their own experiences of living and working as ?other? in the United States. Mendoza?s collection is unique in its vastness. His subjects are from big cities and small towns. They are male and female, young and old, affluent and impoverished. Many are political, striving to change the situation of Latina/os in this country, but others are ?everyday people,? reflecting upon their lives in this country and on the lives they left behind. Mendoza?s inclusion of this broad swath of voices begins to reflect the diverse nature of Latino immigration in the United States today. 410 0$aJoe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture. 606 $aHispanic Americans$vInterviews 606 $aHispanic Americans$xSocial conditions 606 $aImmigrants$zUnited States$vInterviews 606 $aImmigrants$zUnited States$xSocial conditions 607 $aUnited States$xCivilization$xHispanic influences 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$xSocial aspects 615 0$aHispanic Americans 615 0$aHispanic Americans$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aImmigrants 615 0$aImmigrants$xSocial conditions. 676 $a973/.0468 700 $aMendoza$b Louis Gerard$f1960-$01665186 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811512903321 996 $aConversations across our America$94113619 997 $aUNINA