Sueños Americanos
Subtitle: barrio youth negotiating social and cultural identities
By: Julio Cammarota.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780816525935
Subjects: Hispanic American youth -- California; California -- Race relations
Description: "One of the most extensive studies of barrio youth available, this book includes a discussion of social justice education for Latino youth and how this educational approach meets their academic needs while providing opportunities for self-determination and community activism."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-194) and index.
Table of contents: title: Barrio youth in America : a cultural praxis of "chili y limón"; title: "It's hard to get good pay" : the political economy of Latina/o youth; title: "Learning how to count" : working youth in Latina/o immigrant families; title: "There you have to work fast" : fast-food workers in El Pueblo; title: "Everybody's like family here" : youth work programs at the community center; title: "Everyone thinks we are all bad" : schooling in El Pueblo; title: "Two struggles" : race and gender among Latina and Latino youth; title: Epilogue : a social justice education for Latinas/os.