Keywords for Latina/o studies

by La Fountain-Stokes, Lawrence M., (Lawrence Martin) Mirabal, Nancy Raquel Vargas, Deborah R.

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Full title :Keywords for Latina/o studies / edited by Deborah R. Vargas, Nancy Raquel Mirabal, and Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes.

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"2018 Outstanding Academic Title, given by CHOICE Magazine. Introduces key terms, concepts, debates, and histories for Latinx 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 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 withthe dynamic transformations in the field."--