Latino Orlando - Suburban Transformation and Racial Conflict (Paperback)

Inside the experiences of immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean Latino Orlando portrays the experiences of first- and second-generation immigrants who have come to the Orlando metropolitan area from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, and other Latin American countries. While much research on immigration focuses on urban destinations, Simone Delerme delves into a middle- and upper-class suburban context, highlighting the profound demographic and cultural transformation of an overlooked immigrant hub. Drawing on interviews, observations, fieldwork, census data, and traditional and new media, Delerme reveals the important role of real estate developers in attracting Puerto Ricans-some of the first Spanish-speaking immigrants in the region-to Central Florida in the 1970s. She traces how language became a way of racializing and segregating Latino communities, leading to the growth of suburban ethnic enclaves. She documents not only the tensions between Latinos and non-Latinos, but also the class-based distinctions that cause dissent within the Latino population. Arguing that Latino migrants are complicating racial categorizations and challenging the deep-rooted Black-white binary that has long prevailed in the American South, Latino Orlando breaks down stereotypes of neighborhood decline and urban poverty and illustrates the diversity of Latinos in the region. A volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller

General

Imprint:	University Press of Florida
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Southern Dissent
Release date:	May 2023
Authors:	Simone Delerme
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	210
ISBN-13:	978-0-8130-8025-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > History > History of other lands
LSN:	0-8130-8025-8
Barcode:	9780813080253

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