Negotiating Latinidad : intralatina/o lives in Chicago /

"Negotiating Latinidad shares the family experiences of twenty Intralatino/as who were born in, and/or grew up in Chicago and have negotiated the national communities embodied in their nuclear and extended families. Intralatino/as are Latino/as of mixed nationalities, such as MexiRicans, MexiGu...

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Main Author: Aparicio, Frances R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Champaign : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Series:Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Latinidad in the Flesh: An Intimate Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Horizontal Hierarchies: The Transnational Tensions in Latinidad; Familia; 2. Chicago Encounters: Loving the National Other; 3. The Motifs of Latinidad: Negotiating Nationalities and Struggling for Multiple Belongings (Elena, Mariana, José, Sara, Daniel, Vivian); 4. Of Fathers and Mothers: Gender and National (Dis)Identifications (Daniel, Mario, María Isabel); Race and Language; 5. Relational Racializations: Skin Color as Other (Marisa, Enrique, Marcos, Stacey)
  • 6. Negotiating Spanish: Linguistic Boundaries and Transculturations (Karen, María Isabel, José, Carolina)Passing and Performance; 7. Passing for Mexican: Relational Identities in Latina/o Chicago (Diana, Milagros, Silvia, Linda); 8. Performing the National Other: Visual and Sonic Passing (Paco, Ignacio); Concluding Chapters; 9. The "New" Americana/os: Intralatina/os and the Utopia of National Hybridities (Diana); 10. Toward a New Research Agenda; Appendix: Interview Questions; Notes; Works Cited; Index; Back Cover