Keywords for Latina/o studies

The keywords included in this text 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. Bringing together sixty-three 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 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

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 with the dynamic transformations in the field.

Introduction / Deborah R. Vargas, Nancy Raquel Mirabal, and Lawrence La Fountain- Stokes -- Afro-Latinas/os / Tanya Katerí Hernández -- Americas / Alexandra T. Vasquez -- Art / Rita Gonzalez -- Assimilation / Catherine S. Ramírez -- Barrio / Gina M. Pérez -- Borderlands / Nicole M. Guidotti-Hernández -- Brown / Joshua Javier Guzmán -- Capitalism / Ramona Hernández -- Chicana, Chicano, Chican@, Chicanx / Sheila Marie Contreras -- Citizenship / Nicholas De Genova -- Culture / Arlene Dávila -- Decolonial / María Lugones -- Diaspora / Ricardo L. Ortíz -- Education / Angela Valenzuela -- Empire / Lázaro Lima -- Exile / José Quiroga -- Family / Richard T. Rodríguez -- Feminisms / María Eugenia Cotera -- Film / Sergio de la Mora -- Food / Zilkia Janer -- Gender / Sandra K. Soto -- Health / John Mckiernan-González -- History / Gerald E. Poyo -- Housing / Zaire Z. Dinzey-Flores -- Hyphen / Frederick Luis Aldama -- Illegality / Cecilia Menjívar -- Incarceration / Michael Hames-García -- Indigeneity / Maylei Blackwell -- Labor / Shannon Gleeson -- Language / John Nieto-Phillips -- Latinidad/es / Frances R. Aparicio -- Law / Enid Trucios-Haynes -- Literature / Ana Patricia Rodríguez -- Maquil…