Beyond El Barrio

Freighted with meaning, ?el barrio? is both place and metaphor for Latino populations in the United States. Though it has symbolized both marginalization and robust and empowered communities, the construct of el barrio has often reproduced static understandings of Latino life; they fail to account for recent demographic shifts in urban centers such as New York, Chicago, Miami, and Los Angeles, and in areas outside of these historic communities.

Beyond El Barrio features new scholarship that critically interrogates how Latinos are portrayed in media, public policy and popular culture, as well as the material conditions in which different Latina/o groups build meaningful communities both within and across national affiliations. Drawing from history, media studies, cultural studies, and anthropology, the contributors illustrate how despite the hypervisibility of Latinos and Latin American immigrants in recent political debates and popular culture, the daily lives of America's new ?majority minority? remain largely invisible and mischaracterized.

Taken together, these essays provide analyses that not only defy stubborn stereotypes, but also present novel narratives of Latina/o communities that do not fit within recognizable categories. In this way, this book helps us to move ?beyond el barrio?: beyond stereotype and stigmatizing tropes, as well as nostalgic and uncritical portraits of complex and heterogeneous range of Latina/o lives.

Auteur
Gina M. Pérez (Editor)
Gina M. Pérez is Professor in the Comparative American Studies program at Oberlin College. She is the author of Citizen, Student, Soldier: Latina/o Youth, JROTC, and the American Dream and Beyond El Barrio: Everyday Life in Latina/o America.

Frank Guridy (Editor)
Frank A. Guridy is Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Forging Diaspora: Afro-Cubans and African-Americans in a World of Empire and Jim Crow.

Adrian Burgos (Editor)
Adrian Burgos, Jr., is Associate Professor of US Latino History at the University of Illinois. He is the author of Playing America's Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line.

Résumé

Freighted with meaning, el barrio is both place and metaphor for Latino populations in the United States. Though it has symbolized both marginalization and robust and empowered communities, the construct of el barrio has often reproduced static understandings of Latino life; they fail to account for recent demographic shifts in urban centers such as New York, Chicago, Miami, and Los Angeles, and in areas outside of these historic communities.

Beyond El Barrio features new scholarship that critically interrogates how Latinos are portrayed in media, public policy and popular culture, as well as the material conditions in which different Latina/o groups build meaningful communities both within and across national affiliations. Drawing from history, media studies, cultural studies, and anthropology, the contributors illustrate how despite the hypervisibility of Latinos and Latin American immigrants in recent political debates and popular culture, the daily lives of America's new majority minority remain largely invisible and mischaracterized.

Taken together, these essays provide analyses that not only defy stubborn stereotypes, but also present novel narratives of Latina/o communities that do not fit within recognizable categories. In this way, this book helps us to move beyond el barrio: beyond stereotype and stigmatizing tropes, as well as nostalgic and uncritical portraits of complex and heterogeneous range of Latina/o lives.

Contenu

Acknowledgments Introduction Gina M. Pérez, Frank A. Guridy, and Adrian Burgos, Jr.Part I Citizenship, Belonging, and (the Limits of) Latina/o Inclusion 1 Singing the "Star-Spanglish Banner” María Elena Cepeda 2 "¡Puuurrrooo MÉXICO!” Dolores Inés Casillas 3 Hayandose Lourdes Gutiérrez Nájera 4 Becoming Suspect in Usual Places Adrian Burgos, Jr., and Frank A. GuridyPart II Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of Memory and Representation 5 Gay Latino Histories/Dying to Be Remembered Horacio N. Roque Ramírezviii | Contents 6 All About My (Absent) Mother Deborah Paredez 7 Making "The International City” Home Pablo Mitchell and Haley Pollack 8 Hispanic Values, Military Values Gina M. PérezPart III Latina/o Activisms and Histories 9 Going Public? Tampa Youth, Racial Schooling, and Public History in the Cuentos de mi Familia Project John McKiernan-González 10 The Mission in Nicaragua: San Francisco Poets Go to War Cary Cordova 11 From the Near West Side to 18th Street: Un/Making Latino/a Barrios in Postwar Chicago Lilia Fernández 12 Transglocal Barrio Politics Ana Aparicio About the Contributors Index