Despite being lumped together by census data, there are deep divisions between Mexicans and Puerto Ricans living in the United States. Mexicans see Puerto Ricans as deceptive, disagreeable, nervous, rude, violent, and dangerous, while Puerto Ricans see Mexicans as submissive, gullible, naive, and folksy. The distinctly different styles of Spanish each group speaks reinforces racialized class differences. Despite these antagonistic divisions, these two groups do show some form of Latinidad, or a shared sense of Latin American identity. Latino Crossings examines how these constructions of Latino self and otherness interact with America’s dominant white/black racial consciousness. Latino Crossings is a striking piece of scholarship that transcends the usually rigid boundary between Chicano/Mexican and Puerto Rican studies.
Nicholas De Genova & Ana Yolanda Ramos-Zayas
Latino Crossings [PDF ebook]
Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and the Politics of Race and Citizenship
Latino Crossings [PDF ebook]
Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and the Politics of Race and Citizenship
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 268 ● ISBN 9781135952372 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2004 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4296624 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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