{"product_id":"latinx-belonging-community-building-and-resilience-in-the-united-states-paperback","title":"Latinx Belonging: Community Building and Resilience in the United States - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNatalia Deeb-Sossa\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJennifer Bickham Mendez\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be \u003ci\u003eLatinx\u003c\/i\u003e? This pressing question forms the core of \u003ci\u003eLatinx Belonging, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich brings together cutting-edge research to discuss the multilayered ways this might be answered. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLatinx Belonging\u003c\/i\u003e is anchored in the claim that Latinx people are not defined by their marginalization but should instead be understood as active participants in their communities and contributors to U.S. society. The volume's overarching analytical approach recognizes the differences, identities, and divisions among people of Latin American origin in the United States, while also attending to the power of mainstream institutions to shape their lives and identities. Contributors to this volume view \"belonging\" as actively produced through struggle, survival, agency, resilience, and engagement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This work positions Latinxs' struggles for recognition and inclusion as squarely located within intersecting power structures of gender, race, sexuality, and class and as shaped by state-level and transnational forces such as U.S. immigration policies and histories of colonialism. From the case of Latinxs' struggles for recognition in the arts, to queer Latinx community resilience during COVID-19 and in the wake of mass shootings, to Indigenous youth's endurance and survival as unaccompanied minors in Los Angeles, the case studies featured in this collection present a rich and textured picture of the diversity of the U.S. Latinx experience in the twenty-first century.\u003cp\u003eContributors \u003cbr\u003e Andrés Acosta \u003cbr\u003e Jack \"Trey\" Allen \u003cbr\u003e Jennifer Bickham Mendez \u003cbr\u003e Stephanie L. Canizales \u003cbr\u003e Christopher Cuevas \u003cbr\u003e Natalia Deeb-Sossa \u003cbr\u003e Yvette G. Flores \u003cbr\u003e Melanie Jones Gast \u003cbr\u003e Monika Gosin \u003cbr\u003e Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo \u003cbr\u003e Nolan Kline \u003cbr\u003e Verónica Montes \u003cbr\u003e Yvonne Montoya \u003cbr\u003e Michael De Anda Muñiz \u003cbr\u003e Suzanne Oboler \u003cbr\u003e Gilda L. Ochoa \u003cbr\u003e Dina G. Okamoto \u003cbr\u003e Marco Antonio Quiroga \u003cbr\u003e Michelle Téllez\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNatalia Deeb-Sossa is professor of Chicano\/o studies at the University California, Davis. Her research focuses on Mexican immigrant farmworker families in California. She is author of\u003ci\u003e Doing Good: Racial Tensions and Workplace Inequalities at a Community Clinic in El Nuevo South.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jennifer Bickham Mendez is professor of sociology at William \u0026amp; Mary. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eFrom the Revolution to the Maquiladoras: Gender, Labor, and Globalization in Nicaragua.\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.98 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42905631719559,"sku":"9780816541003","price":63.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/OW1IKzZWTjZscE9zcHRSWW5tcVY1Zz09_5c2096f5-c556-4ebc-8ac4-d2ac0620e4f3.webp?v=1752652982","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/latinx-belonging-community-building-and-resilience-in-the-united-states-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}