Keywords for Latina/o Studies / / Deborah R. Vargas, Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, Nancy Raquel Mirabal.

• HerausgeberIn: Fountain-Stokes, Lawrence La,; Mirabal, Nancy Raquel,; Vargas, Deborah R.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Keywords ; 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

2018 Outstanding Academic Title, given by CHOICE MagazineA vocabulary of Latina/o studiesKeywords for Latina/o Studies is a generative text that enhances the ongoing dialogue within a rapidly growing and changing field. The keywords included in this collection represent established and emergent terms, categories, and concepts that undergird Latina/o studies; they delineate the shifting contours of a field best thought of as an intellectual imaginary and experiential project of social and cultural identities within the US academy. Bringing together 63 essays, from humanists, historians, anthropologists, sociologists, among others, each focused on a single term, the volume reveals the broad range of the field while also illuminating the tensions and contestations surrounding issues of language, politics, and histories of colonization, specific to this area of study. From "borderlands" to "migration," from "citizenship" to "mestizaje," this accessible volume will be informative for those who are new to Latina/o studies, providing them with a mapping of the current debates and a trajectory of the development of the field, as well as being a valuable resource for scholars to expand their knowledge and critical engagement with the dynamic transformations in the field.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Deborah r. Vargas, Nancy Raquel Mirabal, and Lawrence la Fountain-Stokes -- 1. Afro-Latinas/os: Tanya Katerí Hernández -- 2. Americas: Alexandra T. Vazquez -- 3. Art: Rita Gonzalez -- 4. Assimilation: Catherine s. Ramírez -- 5. Barrio: Gina M. Pérez -- 6. Borderlands: Nicole M. Guidotti- Hernández -- 7. Brown: joshua javier guzmán -- 8. Capitalism: ramona hernández -- 9. Chicana, Chicano, Chican@, Chicanx: Sheila Marie Contreras -- 10. Citizenship: Nicholas de Genova -- 11. Culture: Arlene Dávila -- 12. Decolonial: María Lugones -- 13. Diaspora: Ricardo L. Ortíz -- 14. Education: Angela Valenzuela -- 15. Empire: Lázaro Lima -- 16. Exile: José Quiroga -- 17. Family: Richard T. Rodríguez -- 18. Feminisms: María Eugenia Cotera -- 19. Film: Sergio de la Mora -- 20. Food: Zilkia Janer -- 21. Gender: Sandra K. Soto -- 22. Health: John Mckiernan-gonzález -- 23. History: Gerald e. poyo -- 24. Housing: Zaire z. Dinzey-flores -- 25. Hyphen: Frederick Luis Aldama -- 26. Illegality: Cecilia Menjívar -- 27. Incarceration: Michael hames-garcía -- 28. Indigeneity: maylei Blackwell -- 29. Labor: Shannon Gleeson -- 30. Language: john nieto- Phillips -- 31. Latinidad/es: Frances r. aparicio -- 32. Law: enid trucios-haynes -- 33. Literature: Ana Patricia rodríguez -- 34. Maquiladoras: norma iglesias- prieto -- 35. Media: mari castañeda -- 36. Mestizaje: alicia arrizón -- 37. Militarism: manuel g. avilés- santiago -- 38. Modernity: josé f. aranda jr -- 39. Music: maría elena cepeda -- 40. Nationalism: raúl coronado -- 41. Performance: ramón h. rivera- servera -- 42. Philosophy: linda martín alcoff and rolando pérez -- 43. Poetry: urayoán noel -- 44. Politics: john a. garcía -- 45. popular culture: curtis marez -- 46. Poverty: patricia zavella