ABSTRACT
Challenging Fronteras reflects an important new wave of research that moves beyond sweeping generalizations that treat Latinos as a monolithic cultural group. This anthology focuses on the diversity of Latino experiences by providing historical specificity and cutting-edge research that employs the conceptual and analytical tools of social science. Contributors, selected from leading researchers in Latino Studies, include Patricia Zavella, Suzanne Oboler, Alejandro Portes, Clara Rodriquez, Marta Tienda, Nestor Rodriquez, and others.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|74 pages
Conceptualizing the Latino Experience
part Two|79 pages
Immigration: Coming from the Americas
part Three|55 pages
Reconstructing Ethnic Identities
part Four|47 pages
Paid and Unpaid Work: Negotiating Gender Relations
part Five|51 pages
Economic and Political Restructuring