The Latino/a American dream / edited by Sandra L. Hanson and John Kenneth White.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hanson, Sandra L., editor.

White, John Kenneth, 1952- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans--Social conditions--21st century.

Hispanic Americans.

Hispanic American women--Social conditions--21st century.

Hispanic American women.

American Dream.

Hispanic American women--Social conditions.

Hispanic Americans--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

x, 238 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Latino American dream

Latina American dream

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2016]

Summary:

The "American Dream" means many things to many people, but it is generally defined as the national ethos of the United States in that it connects the idea of freedom to the opportunity for prosperity and upward social mobility. By focusing on America's largest and newest ethnic group, The Latino/a American Dream provides a richer, more nuanced picture of how the American Dream is adapting to new twenty-first-century realities. Editors Sandra L. Hanson and John Kenneth White gathered an interdisciplinary group of authors to look at how today's Latino/as are revitalizing the American Dream in ways that resonate with earlier race or ethnic groups and in other ways that are distinctive. As these essays show, Latino/as are potent advocates of the American Dream, and their embrace of it is a source of national strength. Together, they explore the attitudes, experiences, and expectations of Latino/as in then quest for the American Dream. The Latino/a American Dream asks many timely questions, including; How do Latino/as view the American Dream? Has the recent economic downturn affected their hopes of achieving the Dream? What about recent immigrants? What about Latina women? How much success have Latino/as (across gender, ethnic, generation, and immigrant statuses) had in achieving the American Dream and how does this compare to other racial minorities? The answers to these questions and more draw on sociology, political science, history, and gender studies to paint a multifaceted portrait of Latino/a opportunity in America, both real and perceived. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction / Sandra L. Hanson and John Kenneth White

Whose dream?: US presidents, Hispanics, and the struggle for the American future / John Kenneth White

DREAM-ing the American dream: the struggle to enact the DREAM Act / Matthew Green

"The American dream": walking toward and deporting it / Daniel Martinez, Jeremy Slack, Alex E. Chavez, and Scott Whiteford

Hispanics and the American dream: lessons from the experiences of Hispanics across nationalities residing in Washington, DC / Enrique S. Pumar

The color of the dream: Latino/as, African Americans, and the American dream / Steven A. Tuch

From the margins to the center: the US Catholic bishops, Latino/as, and the American dream in the twentieth century / Maria Mazzenga and Todd Scribner

Changing for the dream?: Latino/a religious change and socioeconomic success / Jessica Hamar Martinez and Phillip Connor

Latino/a, American, dream: men, women / Sandra L. Hanson

Conclusion / Sandra L. Hanson and John Kenneth White.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

White, John Kenneth, 1952- Whose dream?

ISBN:

9781623493899

1623493897

OCLC:

922572453