New Books in Latino Studies

Rosina Lozano, “An American Language: The History of Spanish in the United States” (U California Press, 2018)

Rosina Lozano
An American Language
The History of Spanish in the United States
University of California Press, 2018

New Books in American Studies New Books in History New Books in Language New Books in Latino Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in the American West New Books Network May 28, 2018 David-James Gonzales

In An American Language: The History of Spanish in the United States (University of California Press, 2018), Rosina Lozano details the entangled relationship between language and notions of individual, community, and national belonging in the U.S. Through an innovative analysis… Read More

Jimmy Patino, “Raza Si, Migra No: Chicano Movement Struggles for Immigrant Rights in San Diego” (UNC Press, 2017)

Jimmy Patino
Raza Si, Migra No
Chicano Movement Struggles for Immigrant Rights in San Diego
University of North Carolina Press, 2017

New Books in American Studies New Books in History New Books in Latin American Studies New Books in Latino Studies New Books in Law New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network April 5, 2018 Lori Flores

As immigration from Mexico to the United States grew through the 1970s and 1980s, the Border Patrol, police, and other state agents exerted increasing violence against ethnic Mexicans in San Diego’s volatile border region. In response, many San Diego activists… Read More

Julian Lim, “Porous Borders: Multiracial Migrations and the Law in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands” (UNC Press, 2017)

Julian Lim
Porous Borders
Multiracial Migrations and the Law in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
University of North Carolina Press, 2017

New Books in African American Studies New Books in American Studies New Books in Asian American Studies New Books in History New Books in Latino Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network March 30, 2018 Lori Flores

With the railroad’s arrival in the late nineteenth century, immigrants of all colors rushed to the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, transforming the region into a booming international hub of economic and human activity. Following the stream of Mexican, Chinese, and African American… Read More

Karina O. Alvarado et al, “U.S. Central Americans: Reconstructing Memories, Struggles, and Communities of Resistance” (U of Arizona Press, 2017)

Karina O. Alvarado, Alicia Ivonne Estrada, and Ester E. Hernandez, eds.
U.S. Central Americans
Reconstructing Memories, Struggles, and Communities of Resistance
University of Arizona Press, 2017

New Books in American Studies New Books in Anthropology New Books in Latin American Studies New Books in Latino Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Sociology New Books Network March 16, 2018 David-James Gonzales

In U.S. Central Americans: Reconstructing Memories, Struggles, and Communities of Resistance (University of Arizona Press, 2017) editors Karina O. Alvarado, Alicia Ivonne Estrada, and Ester E. Hernandez have produced the first anthology to focus on the scholarship and… Read More

Christine Arce
Mexico's Nobodies
The Cultural Legacy of the Soldadera and Afro-Mexican Women
SUNY Press, 2017

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Gender Studies New Books in History New Books in Latin American Studies New Books in Latino Studies New Books in Literary Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network March 9, 2018 Pamela Fuentes

In Mexico’s Nobodies: The Cultural Legacy of the Soldadera and Afro-Mexican Women (SUNY Press, 2017), Christine Arce rightfully stresses that these two figures have greatly influenced Mexico’s national identity, arts, and popular culture. However, their personal names and presences have… Read More

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