Category: Latino Studies

  • Qualitative Interviews of Racial Fluctuations: The “How” of Latina/o-White Hybrid Identity Communication Theory Volume 21, Issue 2 (May 2011) pages 197–216 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2011.01382.x Shane T. Moreman, Associate Professor of Communications California State University, Fresno Using qualitiative interviewing, this article exposes the performative moments of the Latina/o-White hybrid social actor (i.e., individuals born of one White…

  • Mestizo in America: Generations of Mexican Ethnicity in the Suburban Southwest University of Arizona Press 2006 200 pages 6.0 x 9.0 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8165-2504-1; Paper ISBN: 978-0-8165-2505-8 Thomas Macias, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Vermont How much does ethnicity matter to Mexican Americans today, when many marry outside their culture and some can’t even…

  • Blurring the color line: the new America The Tufts Daily Medford, Massachusetts 2011-02-22 Sylvia Avila Students identify as multiracial more than ever before Once considered a black and white issue, racial identity is hazier than ever. According to findings released in June 2010 by the Pew Research Center, the current generation of American college students…

  • Columns: Racial lines no longer just black and white The Minnesota Daily University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul 2011-02-21 Lolla Mohammed Nur Clear-cut racial categories restrict how multiracial Americans identify themselves. Based on her appearance, you wouldn’t easily be able to guess University of Minnesota sophomore Mary Taylor‘s racial or ethnic heritage. But if you ask…

  • US, MSU see increase in multiracial students The State News East Lansing, Michigan 2011-02-02 Emily Wilkins They call her “blackbean” – half black, half Mexican. It’s a nickname embraced by Lynette Davidson, a political theory and constitutional democracy and communication sophomore and one of the 710 students at MSU who identifies with two or more…

  • Sociology Professor Chronicles Rising Latino Culture Inside Fordham Online Fordham University In Focus: Faculty and Research 2010-11-15 Patrick Verel Already the largest minority group in the United States, Latinos will be an even bigger presence in the years to come, according to demographic studies. Clara Rodriguez, Ph.D., professor of sociology in Fordham College at Lincoln…

  • La China Poblana and Other Constructions of Asian Latinos/as Clave: Counterdisciplinary Notes on Race, Power & the State A Project of LatCrit Inc. and Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico Summer 2006 22 pages Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Professor of History, and Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America Brown University She…

  • Familial Ethnic Socialization Among Adolescents of Latino and European Descent: Do Latina Mothers Exert the Most Influence? Journal of Family Issues Volume 27, Number 2 (February 2006) Pages 184-207 DOI: 10.1177/0192513X05279987 Andrea G. González University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor, Associate Professor, School of Social and Family Dynamics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences…

  • Rubén Trejo: Beyond Boundaries / Aztlán y más allá is the first comprehensive survey of Trejo’s art and career.

  • Oye Como Va! Hybridity and Identity in Latino Popular Music Temple University Press December 2009 238 pp 6×9 1 figure 5 halftones Paper EAN: 978-1-43990-090-1; ISBN: 1-4399-0090-6 Cloth EAN: 978-1-43990-089-5; ISBN: 1-4399-0089-2 Deborah Pacini Hernandez, Associate Professor of Anthropology and American Studies Tufts University Listen Up! When the New York-born Tito Puente composed “Oye Como…