Challenging Fronteras: Structuring Latina and Latino Lives in the U.s.: an Anthology of Readings

New York: Routledge, 1997. Large octavo in illus maroon wraps; xix, 315 pages: illustrations; 27 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Fine. Paperback. ISBN: 0415916089

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. Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity. Hispanic Americans -- Cultural assimilation. Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions. Emigration and immigration. Hispanic Americans -- Cultural assimilation. Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity. Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions. Einwanderung. Ethnische Identität. Hispanos. Soziale Situation. Grupos etnicos (em geral) Imigracao e emigracao. Condicoes sociais. Soziale Situation. Einwanderung. Ethnische Identität. Aufsatzsammlung. Geographic: Latin America -- Emigration and immigration. United States -- Emigration and immigration. Latin America. United States. USA. Hispanos. USA.