# Challenging fronteras : structuring Latina and Latino lives in the U.S. : an anthology of readings

Author: | Mary Romero; Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo; Vilma Ortiz  
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Publisher: | New York : Routledge, 1997.  
Edition/Format: |  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats  
Summary: |  Despite being the fastest growing racial ethnic group in the USA, Latinos are often excluded from discussions of race by a binary black/white paradigm. This volume exposes the limitations of this Read more...  
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  * Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity.
  * Hispanic Americans -- Cultural assimilation.
  * Latin America -- Emigration and immigration.
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## Details

Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung  
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Document Type: | Book  
All Authors / Contributors: |  Mary Romero; Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo; Vilma Ortiz Find more information about:  
ISBN: | 0415916070 9780415916073 0415916089 9780415916080  
OCLC Number: | 35207806  
Description: | xix, 315 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm  
Contents: | pt. 1. Conceptualizing the Latino experience --  
1\. The structuring of Hispanic ethnicity : historical and contemporary perspectives / Candace Nelson, Marta Tienda --  
2\. "So far from God, so close to the United States" : the roots of Hispanic homogenization / Suzanne Oboler --  
3\. The invention of ethnic origins and the negotiation of Latino identity, 1969-1981 / J. Jorge Klor de Alva --  
pt. 2. Immigration : coming from the Americas --  
4\. Central American migration : a framework for analysis / Nora Hamilton, Norma Stoltz Chinchilla --  
5\. A summary of Puerto Rican migration to the United States / Clara E. Rodríguez --  
6\. The history of Mexican undocumented settlement in the United States / Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo --  
7\. A repeat performance? : the Nicaraguan exodus / Alejandro Portes, Alex Stepick --  
pt. 3. Reconstructing ethnic identities --  
8\. Los Dominicanyorks : the making of a binational society / Luis E. Guarnizo --  
9\. "Qué assimilated, brother, yo soy asimilao" : the structuring of Puerto Rican identity in the U.S. / Juan Flores --  
10\. Reflections on diversity among Chicanas / Patricia Zavella --  
11\. Life as the maid's daughter : an exploration of the everyday boundaries of race, class, and gender / Mary Romero --  
pt. 4. Paid and unpaid work : negotiating gender relations --  
12\. Power surrendered, power restored : the politics of work and family among Hispanic garment workers in California and Florida / M. Patricia Fernández-Kelly, Anna M. García --  
13\. Reluctant compliance : work-family role allocation in dual-earner Chicano families / Scott Coltrane, Elsa O. Valdez --  
14\. New roles in a new landscape / Terry A. Repack --  
pt. 5. Economic and political restructuring --  
15\. Brothers in wood / Alex Stepick, Guillermo Grenier, with Steve Morris and Debbie Draznin --  
16\. The politics of language in Miami / Max J. Castro --  
17\. Apartment restructuring and Latino immigrant tenant struggles : a case study of human agency / Nestor P. Rodriguez, Jacqueline Maria Hagan.  
Responsibility: | edited by Mary Romero, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Vilma Ortiz.  
  
"This work is highly recommended." -- Journal of the West"Challenging Fronteras does exactly what it sets out to do: it challenges the Black/White approach to the study of ethnicity and identity in