Fluid borders : Latino power, identity, and politics in Los Angeles / Lisa García Bedolla.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

García Bedolla, Lisa, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans--California--Los Angeles--Interviews.

Hispanic Americans.

Working class--California--Los Angeles--Interviews.

Working class.

Hispanic Americans--California--Los Angeles--Politics and government.

Hispanic Americans--California--Los Angeles--Ethnic identity.

Hispanic Americans--California--Los Angeles--Social conditions.

Social classes--California--Los Angeles.

Social classes.

Power (Social sciences)--California--Los Angeles.

Power (Social sciences).

Los Angeles (Calif.)--Politics and government.

Los Angeles (Calif.).

Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This provocative study of the Latino political experience offers a nuanced, in-depth, and often surprising perspective on the factors affecting the political engagement of a segment of the population that is now the nation's largest minority. Drawing from one hundred in-depth interviews, Lisa García Bedolla compares the political attitudes and behavior of Latinos in two communities: working-class East Los Angeles and middle-class Montebello. Asking how collective identity and social context have affected political socialization, political attitudes and practices, and levels of political participation among the foreign born and native born, she offers new findings that are often at odds with the conventional wisdom emphasizing the role socioeconomic status plays in political involvement. Fluid Borders includes the voices of many individuals, offers exciting new research on Latina women indicating that they are more likely than men to vote and to participate in political activities, and considers how the experience of social stigma affects the collective identification and political engagement of members of marginal groups. This innovative study points the way toward a better understanding of the Latino political experience, and how it differs from that of other racial groups, by situating it at the intersection of power, collective identity, and place.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

1. Latino Political Engagement: The Intersection of Power, Identity(ies), and Place

2. Legacies of Conquest: Latinos in California and Los Angeles

3. A Thin Line between Love and Hate: Language, Social Stigma, and Intragroup Relations

4. Why Vote? Race, Identity(ies), and Politics

5. Community Problems, Collective Solutions: Latinos and Nonelectoral Participation

Conclusion. Fluid Borders: Latinos, Race, and American Politics

Appendix A: Study Respondents

Appendix B: Interview Questionnaire

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786612763175

9781282763173

1282763172

9780520938496

0520938496

9781598757835

1598757830

OCLC:

475950359