Keywords for Latina/o studies

Keywords 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 U.S. academy.

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 N…