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Latino Los Angeles - Transformations, Communities, and Activism (Paperback)
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As the twenth-first century begins, Latinas/os represent 45 percent
of the residents of Los Angeles County, making them the largest
racial/ethnic group in the region. At the same time, the shift from
manufacturing to a service-based economy in the area has
contributed to a decline in good-paying jobs, significantly
impacting working class families. These transformations have
created a backlash that has included state propositions impacting
Latinas/os and escalating anti-immigrant rhetoric--and Latina/os of
all backgrounds are making their voices heard. Until recently, most
research on Latinas/os in the U.S. has ignored historical and
contemporary dynamics in Latin America, just as scholars of Latin
America have generally stopped their studies at the border. This
volume roots Los Angeles in the larger arena of globalization,
exploring the demographic changes that have transformed the Latino
presence in LA from primarily Mexican-origin to one that now
includes peoples from throughout the hemisphere. Bringing together
scholars from a range of disciplines, it combines historical
perspectives with analyses of power and inequality to consider how
Latinas/os are responding to exclusionary immigration, labor, and
schooling practices and actively creating communities. The
contributors examine Latina/o Los Angeles in the context of
historical, economic and social factors that have shaped the
region. The first section provides contexts for understanding
Latina/o migration, with chapters focusing on such factors as U.S.
economic and military domination, labor and economic integration in
the Americas, and Los Angeles' economic history. The second section
considers how various Latina/o groups have settled and formed
communities and interacted with the existing Mexican-origin
populations, showing how Zapotecs, Salvadorans, and other peoples
are remaking urban demographics. The final section on labor
organizing and political activism examines the role of Latina/o
immigrants in such actions as the janitors' strike and also
considers the contemporary role of students in political activism.
The volume concludes with an up-to-date compilation of contemporary
scholarship on immigration, the economy, schools, neighborhoods,
gender and activism as they relate to Central American and Mexican
immigrants. Reflecting a range of methodologies--statistical,
historical, ethnographic, and participatory research--this
collection is relevant not only to ethnic studies but also to
broader concerns in political science, sociology, history,
economics, and urban studies. In addition, some chapters focus
explicitly on women, and gender issues are interwoven throughout
the text. "Latino Los Angeles" is an important work that
contributes to contemporary scholarship on transnationalism as it
reexamines the changing face of America's largest western
metropolis.
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