The Latino Studies Reader: Culture, Economy, and Society (Paperback)

List of Contributors.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

Latinos and Society: Culture, Politics, and Class: Antonia Darder (Claremont Graduate School in California) and Rodolfo D. Torres (California State University, Long Beach).

Part I: Culture, History, and Society: A Conceptual Map:.

1. Merging Borders: The Remapping of America: Edna Acosta-Belen and Carlos E. Santiago (Both State University of New York, Albany).

2. Encuentros y Encontronazos: Homeland in the Politics and Identity of the Cuban Diaspora: Maria de los Angeles Torres (DePaul University, Chicago).

3. Aztlan, Borinquen and Hispanic Nationalism in the United States: J. Jorge Klor de Alva (University of California, Berkeley).

4. Chicano History: Transcending Cultural Models: Gilbert Gonzalez and Raul Fernandez (University of California, Irvine).

5. Mapping the Spanish Language along a Multiethnic and Multilingual Border: Rosaura Sanchez (University of California, San Diego).

Part II: Cultural Politics and Border Zones: Recasting Racialized Relations:.

6. The Politics of Biculturalism: Culture and Difference in the Formation of Warriors from Gringostroika and the New Mestizas: Antonia Darder (Claremont Graduate School in California).

7. Beyond the Rainbow: Mapping the Discourse on the Puerto Ricans and "Race": Roberto P. Rodriguez-Morazzani (City University of New York).

8. Chicana Artists: Exploring Nepantla, El Lugar de la Frontera: Gloria Anzaldua.

9. The Shock of the New: Ruben Martinez.

10. Our Next Race Question: The Uneasiness between Blacks and Latinos: Jorge Klor de Alva, Earl Shorris, and Cornel West (Harvard University).

Part III: Critical Discourses on Gender, Sexuality and Power:.

11. Chicana Feminisms: Their Political Context and Contemporary Expressions: Denise A. Segura (University of California, Santa Barbara) and Beatriz M. Perquera (University of California, Davis).

12. Crazy Wisdom: Memories of a Cuban Queer: Lourdes Arguelles(Claremont Graduate School, California).

13. Teatro Viva!: Latino Performance and the Politics of AIDS in Los Angeles: David Roman (University of Southern California).

14. The Latin Phallus: Ilan Stavans (Amherst College).

Part IV: Labor and Politics in a Global Economy: The Latino Metropoles:.

15. Rank and File: Historical Perspectives on Latino/a Workers in the US: Zaragosa Vargas (University of California, Santa Barbara).

16. Latinos in a "Post-Industrial" Disorder: Politics in a Changing City: Victor Valle (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo) and Rodolfo D. Torres (California State University, Long Beach).

17. What's Yellow and White and Has Land All Around It?: Appropriating Place in Puerto Rican Barrios: Luis Aponte-Pares(University of Massachusetts).

18. Caribbean Colonial Immigrants in the Metropoles: A Research Agenda: Ramon Grosfoguel (State University of New York, Binghamton).

Index.