Changing Race : Latinos, the Census and the History of Ethnicity

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodriguez, Clara E.

Series:

Critical America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race--Social aspects--United States.

Local Subjects:

Race--Social aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: NYU Press, 2000.

Summary:

Latinos are the fastest growing population group in the United States.Through their language and popular music Latinos are making their mark on American culture as never before. As the United States becomes Latinized, how will Latinos fit into America's divided racial landscape and how will they define their own racial and ethnic identity? Through strikingly original historical analysis, extensive personal interviews and a careful examination of census data, Clara E. Rodriguez shows that Latino identity is surprisingly fluid, situation-dependent, and constantly changing. She illustrates ho

Contents:

""Cover page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""I The Fluidity of Race""; ""1 Latinos in the U.S. Race Structure""; ""2 The Idea of Race""; ""3 Stories of Self-Definition""; ""II Historical Constructions""; ""4 Whites and Other Social Races""; ""5 The Shifting Color Line""; ""6 Race in the Americas""; ""III Race and the Census""; ""7 The “Other Race� Option""; ""8 Redefining Race in 2000""; ""Appendix A: Data Limitations and the Undercount""; ""Appendix B: The Biological Concept of Race in the United States""

""Appendix C: A Technical Oversight or Racial Flux?""""Appendix D: Free People of Color""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780814745083

0814745083

9780814771969

0814771963

OCLC:

913695227