Inside the Latin@ Experience: A Latin@ Studies Reader [Hardcover]

Latinos comprise the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, and this interdisciplinary anthology gathers the scholarship of both early career and senior Latina/o scholars whose work explores the varied and unique latinidades, or Latino cultural identities, of this group.Introduction - Mar?a E. Fr?nquiz PART I: HISTORICAL ROOTS AND CONTEMPORARY REALITIES Changing the National Ethos, or Just Being American? Latin@ Political Participation - Sylvia Manzano and Arturo Vega State-Federal Relations Concerning Latin@ Civil Rights in the United States - Norma V. Cant? Latin@s in the US Military - Jorge Mariscal The Swirl Migration of Mexican-Origin Students: A Cross Border Analysis Using the Mexican and US Census - Stella Flores and German Trevi?o PART II: POPULAR AND tRADITIONAL CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS Making, Buying, Selling, and Using the Umbrella:? Recognizing the Nuances of Latin@ Popular Culture - Patricia Marina Trujillo Traveling on the Biliteracy Highway: Educators Paving a Road toward Conocimiento - Mar?a E. Franquiz Traditional Cultural Expressions: An Analysis of the Secular and Religious Folkways of Latin@s in the United States - Norma E. Cant? Language and Identity of Immigrant Central American Pentecostal Youth in Southern California - Lucila D. Ek PART III: PERFORMANCE ARTS AND LITERATURE Staging the Self, Staging Empowerment: An Overview of Latina Theater and Performance - Rita Urquijo Ruiz Literary Currency: Coined Contributions of Latin@s in the United States - Gabriella Guti?rrez y Muhs Politics of Aesthetics: Mariachi Music in the United States - Russell C. Rodr?guez From Boricua Dancers to Salsa Soldiers: The Cultural Politics of Globalized Salsa Dancing in Chicago - Frances Aparicio

This interdisciplinary project reflects the contemporary, transnational experiences of many Latinas/os and would prove an important addition to our understanding of Latin culture and experience in the United States. The collection explores a number of intelq