9. Race, Racialization, and Latino Populations in the United States

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Introduction 1
5. PART 1: HISPANICS, LATINOS, CHICANOS, BORICUAS: WHAT DO NAMES MEAN?
6. Introduction 15
7. 1. What’s in a Name? 19
8. 2. (Re)constructing Latinidad 54
9. 3. Celia’s Shoes 64
10. PART 2: THE ORIGINS OF LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES
11. Introduction 85
12. 4. The Latino Crucible 89
13. 5. A Historic Overview of Latino Immigration and the Demographic Transformation of the United States 108
14. 6. Late-Twentieth-Century Immigration and U.S. Foreign Policy 126
15. PART 3: THE CONUNDRUMS OF RACE
16. Introduction 153
17. 7. Neither White nor Black 157
18. 8. Hair Race-ing 185
19. 9. Race, Racialization, and Latino Populations in the United States 210
20. PART 4: WORK AND LIFE CHANCES
21. Introduction 231
22. 10. Mexicans’ Quotidian Struggles with Migration and Poverty 235
23. 11. Economies of Dignity 266
24. 12. Not So Golden? 288
25. PART 5: CLASS, GENERATION, AND ASSIMILATION
26. Introduction 315
27. 13. Latino Lives 321
28. 14. Generations of Exclusion 340
29. 15. Latinos in the Power Elite 372
30. 16. Postscript 400
31. PART 6: GENDER AND SEXUALITIES
32. Introduction 411
33. 17. A History of Latina/o Sexualities 415
34. 18. Gender Strategies, Settlement, and Transnational Life in the First Generation 443
35. 19. “She’s Old School like That” 472
36. 20. Longing and Same-Sex Desire among Mexican Men 510
37. PART 7: LATINO POLITICS
38. Introduction 529
39. 21. Latina/o Politics and Participation 535
40. 22. Young Latinos in an Aging American Society 561
41. 23. Afterword 569
42. 24. Life after Prison for Hispanics 571
43. 25. Climate of Fear 593
44. 26. What Explains the Immigrant Rights Marches of 2006? 609
45. 27. Wet Foot, Dry Foot . . . Wrong Foot 622
46. Contributors 625
47. Credits 631
48. Index 635