Street therapists : race, affect, and neoliberal personhood in Latino Newark /
Ramos-Zayas, Ana Y.
Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press,
2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The feel that sells Newark: from "aggressive" city to neoliberal-friendly emotional regime -- Delinquent citizenship: self-help organizations, military recruitment, and the politics of worth in Puerto Rican Newark -- Cartography of racial democracy: cultural excess, racial play, and universal sentimentality in Luso-Brazilian Newark -- Real-life telenovelas, self-care, and stereotypes of the tropics: sexing race and emotion in the city -- Of "black lesbians," hate crimes, and crime-talk: the sexuality of "aggression" in the city -- Learning affect, embodying race: cosmopolitan competency and urban emotional epistemologies.
Latin Americans