Hispanic Nation - Culture, Politics, and the Constructing of Identity (Paperback, 1st University of Arizona paperbound ed)

A new ethnic identity is being constructed in the United States: the Hispanic nation. Overcoming age-old racial, regional, and political differences, Americans of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and other Spanish-language origins are beginning to imagine themselves as a single ethnic community - which by the turn of the century may become the United States' largest and most influential minority. Only in recent years have great numbers of Hispanics begun to consider themselves as related within a single culture. Hispanics are redefining their own images and agendas, shaping a population, and paving wider pathways to power. In the process, they are changing both themselves and the culture, government, and urban habits of the communities around them. In this ground-breaking book, Geoffrey Fox shows how and why Hispanics are changing the United States. Based on interviews, observations, and extensive research, Hispanic Nation examines why such diverse people are imagining themselves as one; the politics of turning a statistical fiction into a social reality; the impact of the Spanish-language media on Hispanics' self-images; ethnic consciousness and political movements (Cesar Chavez and the farm workers movement, the Young Lords and La Raza Unida, Puerto Rican and Mexican encounters in the Midwest); controversies surrounding "high" and popular Hispanic/Latino art, music, and literature; and the institutionalization of the movement everywhere - from local school boards to the U.S. Congress.

General

Imprint:	University of Arizona Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 1997
First published:	August 1997
Authors:	Geoffrey Fox
Dimensions:	216 x 142 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - With dust jacket
Pages:	264
Edition:	1st University of Arizona paperbound ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8165-1799-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General
LSN:	0-8165-1799-1
Barcode:	9780816517992

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