Title: Latinos in American society : families and communities in transition /
Authors: Zambrana, Ruth E.
Publisher: Cornell University Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Hispanic Americans Social conditions; Hispanic American families.; Hispanic Americans Study and teaching (Higher)
Abstract: It is well known that Latinos in the United States bear a disproportionate burden of low educational attainment, high residential segregation, and low visibility in the national political landscape. In Latinos in American Society, Ruth Enid Zambrana brings together the latest research on Latinos in the United States to demonstrate how national origin, age, gender, socioeconomic status, and education affect the well-being of families and individuals. By mapping out how these factors result in economic, social, and political disadvantage, Zambrana challenges the widespread negative perceptions of Latinos in America and the single story of Latinos in the United States as a monolithic group. - back of book.
Contents: Introduction : why study Latino families? -- Demographic trends : past, present, and future -- How have Latinos been studied? -- The importance of education -- Girlhood to womanhood -- Boyhood to manhood -- Physical and mental well-being through adulthood -- Public service systems as sites of the reproduction of inequality -- Persistent images and changing perceptions in the twenty-first century -- Capturing the lives of Latinos in the United States : advancing the production of critical social science knowledge.