Finding Latinx: in search of the voices redefining Latino identity / Paola Ramos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramos, Paola, 1987- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans--Ethnic identity.

Hispanic Americans.

Hispanic Americans--Cultural assimilation.

Hispanic Americans--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

325 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2020]

Summary:

"Young Latinos across the United States are redefining their identities, pushing boundaries, and awakening politically in powerful and surprising ways. Many of them--Afrolatino, indigenous, Muslim, queer and undocumented, living in large cities and small towns--are voices who have been chronically overlooked in how the diverse population of almost sixty million Latinos in the U.S. has been represented. No longer. In this empowering cross-country travelogue, journalist and activist Paola Ramos embarks on a journey to find the communities of people defining the controversial term, "Latinx." She introduces us to the indigenous Oaxacans who rebuilt the main street in a post-industrial town in upstate New York, the "Las Poderosas" who fight for reproductive rights in Texas, the musicians in Milwaukee whose beats reassure others of their belonging, as well as drag queens, environmental activists, farmworkers, and the migrants detained at our border. Drawing on intensive field research as well as her own personal story, Ramos chronicles how "Latinx" has given rise to a sense of collectivity and solidarity among Latinos unseen in this country for decades. A vital and inspiring work of reportage, Finding Latinx calls on all of us to expand our understanding of what it means to be Latino and what it means to be American. The first step towards change, writes Ramos, is for us to recognize who we are" -- Amazon.com.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: A Journey from the West to the Southwest

1. The Heartland

2. Shining Light

3. American

4. The Other Wall

5. Unbroken

The South

6. K'exel

7. Ground Zero

8. Erased

9. Dark Shadows of Freedom

The Northeast to the Midwest

10. The Act of Being Ordinary

11. Invisible

12. Home

13. America's Queen

Between the Shadows and the Sun

Finding Latinx.

Notes:

"A Vintage Books Original"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1984899090

9781984899095

OCLC:

1149238320

Publisher Number:

99985676633