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Latinx : the new force in American politics and culture

Morales, Ed,‪ 1956- author

2018

Overview

\"The Latinx revolution in US culture, society, and politics \"Latinx\" (pronounced \"La-teen-ex\") is the gender-neutral term that covers the largest racial minority in the United States, 17 percent of the country. This is the fastest-growing sector of American society, containing the most immigrants. It is the poorest ethnic group in the country, whose political empowerment is altering the balance of forces in a growing number of states. And yet, Latins barely figure in America's racial conversation--the US census does not even have a category for \"Latino.\" In this groundbreaking discussion, Ed Morales explains how Latin political identities are tied to a long Latin American history of mestizaje, translatable as \"mixedness\" or \"hybridity\", and that this border thinking is both a key to understanding bilingual, bicultural Latin cultures and politics and a challenge to America's infamously black/white racial regime. This searching and long-overdue exploration of a crucial development in American life updates Cornel West's bestselling Race Matters with a Latin inflection\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Verso
• Subject: Hispanic Americans Politics and government 21st century / Hispanic Americans Social conditions 21st century / United States Ethnic relations
• ISBN: 9781784783198, 1784783196, 9781784783204, 178478320X, 9781784783211, 1784783218

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
E184.S75 M666 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE
E 184 .S75 M67 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE