New Books in Latino Studies
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A. B. Cox and C. M. Rodríguez, "The President and Immigration Law" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Who truly controls immigration law in the United States?
Sergio Troncoso, "A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son" (Cinco Puntos Press, 2020)
A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son (Cinco Puntos Press, 2020) is a collection of linked short stories, which Luis Alberto Urrea called “a world-class collection.”
Ariella Rotramel, "Pushing Back: Women of Color-Led Grassroots Activism in New York City" (U Georgia Press, 2020)
Rotramel explores women of color’s grassroots leadership in organizations that are not singularly identified with feminism....
Silviana Wood, "Barrio Dreams: Selected Plays" (U Arizona Press, 2016)
Silviana Wood is a legend of Chicano theatre...
Rachel V. González, "Quinceañera Style: Social Belonging and Latinx Consumer Identities"
A quinceañera is a traditional fifteenth birthday celebration for young women (though in contemporary times, it can also be for young men) in many Latinx communities...
J. Iber and M. Longoria, "Latinos in American Football: Pathbreakers on the Gridiron, 1927 to the Present" (McFarland, 2020)
Iber and Longoria the origins of Latino American football, the role of World War II and the Civil Rights movement in expanding opportunities for Latino sportsmen, and the ongoing obstacles to Latino participation in the game that many love....
Anne García-Romero, "The Fornes Frame" (U Arizona Press, 2016)
Playwright and theatre scholar Anne García-Romero traces the career and legacy of Maria Irene Fornes.
Lou Hernandez, "Bobby Maduro and the Cuban Sugar Kings" (McFarland, 2019)
Maduro was greatly responsible for the Cuban League’s recognition by professional baseball (in the US)....
Philis Barragán-Goetz, "Reading, Writing, and Revolution: Escuelitas and the Emergence of a Mexican American Identity in Texas" (U Texas Press, 2020)
Barragán-Goetz argues that through cultural negotiation, escuelitas (community schools) shaped Mexican American identity and civil rights activism in the late 19th and early 20th century...
Deborah E. Kanter, "Chicago Católico: Making Catholic Parishes Mexican" (U Illinois Press, 2020)
What happens when a new group of migrants enters not just the social and economic life of a city, but also its religious institutions?