Constituting Central American-Americans : : Transnational Identities and the Politics of Dislocation / / Maritza E. Cárdenas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Cárdenas, Maritza E.,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (198 p.) :; 9 figures
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Part I: The Isthmus Imaginary: La Patria Grande Centroaméricana --; Part II: The U.S. Diaspora: Little Central America --; Epilogue: La Bestia and Beyond: Migration and the Politics of Mourning --; Acknowledgments --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Author
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780813592862; 9783110666083
• DOI: 10.36019/9780813592862?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Maritza E. Cárdenas.

Central Americans are the third largest and fastest growing Latino population in the United States. And yet, despite their demographic presence, there has been little scholarship focused on this group. Constituting Central American-Americans is an exploration of the historical and disciplinary conditions that have structured U.S. Central American identity and of the ways in which this identity challenges how we frame current discussions of Latina/o, American ethnic, and diasporic identities. By focusing on the formation of Central American identity in the U.S., Maritza E. Cárdenas challenges us to think about Central America and its diaspora in relation to other U.S. ethno-racial identities.