Latinos and the U.S. South / José María Mantero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mantero, José María, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans--Southern States.

Hispanic Americans.

Latin Americans--Southern States.

Latin Americans.

Hispanic Americans--Southern States--Social conditions.

Latin Americans--Southern States--Social conditions.

Foreign workers, Latin American.

Immigrants.

Social conditions.

Emigration and immigration.

Latin America--Emigration and immigration.

Latin America.

Southern States--Emigration and immigration.

Southern States.

Immigrants--Southern States--Social conditions.

Foreign workers, Latin American--Southern States.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 283 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Latinos and the US South

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.

Contents:

1 Histories 1

First Confluences: Toward Distinct Shared Histories and Colonialisms Identity, the U.S. South, and Latin America: Myth, Construction, Imposition

U.S. Southern "Distinctiveness" and the Other

2 The United States, the U.S. South, Latinos, and Beyond: Current Initial Confluences 53

3 The Immigration of Latinos: The Diaspora Within 65

4 The River's Edge: The Mexican Border and the Ohio River 75

Borders and Rivers

The Ohio River

The Rio Grande and the U.S.-Mexican Border

Migration: Ohio River and the Rio Grande

Migration as Resistance and Liberation

The Perceived and Established Lawlessness of Movement and Migration: Yesterday's Fugitive Slaves and Today's Latinos

Preparation and Motivation for Migration. The Crossing

The Consequences

5 Economics, the U.S. South, Latinos, and the Cultural Dollar 109

6 Politics: Caudillos and Good Ole Boys 135

7 Literature as Mirror 169

Flannery O'Connor and "The Displaced Person": Immigration

Now, Immigration Tomorrow, Immigration Forever

Carlos Fuentes and The Crystal Frontier: Movement and Passage

8 What Lies Beneath: Music and Land in the U.S. South and Latin America 199

9 Religion: An Equal Praise 209

10 Tensions 221

Language

Latinos and African Americans

11 The Future 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-278) and index.

ISBN:

9780313345104

0313345104

OCLC:

183266242