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Living in Spanglish : The Search for Latino Identity in America by Ed Morales (2002, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSt. Martin's Press

ISBN-100312262329

ISBN-139780312262327

eBay Product ID (ePID)2199431

Product Key Features

Book TitleLiving in Spanglish : the Search for Latino Identity in America

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCivilization, Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Ethnic Studies / General

Publication Year2002

FeaturesRevised

GenreSocial Science, History

AuthorEd Morales

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight16.6 Oz

Item Length8.6 in

Item Width5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2001-048867

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal305.868/073

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisChicano. Cubano. Pachuco. Nuyorican. Puerto Rican. Boricua. Quisqueya. Tejano. To be Latino in the United States in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries has meant to fierce identification with roots, with forbears, with the language, art and food your people came here with. America is a patchwork of Hispanic sensibilities-from Puerto Rican nationalists in New York to more newly arrived Mexicans in the Rio Grande valley-that has so far resisted homogenization while managing to absorb much of the mainstream culture. "Living in Spanglish" delves deep into the individual's response to Latino stereotypes and suggests that their ability to hold on to their heritage, while at the same time working to create a culture that is entirely new, is a key component of America's future. In this book, Morales pins down a hugely diverse community-of Dominicans, Mexicans, Colombians, Cubans, Salvadorans and Puerto Ricans--that he insists has more common interests to bring it together than traditions to divide it. He calls this sensibility Spanglish, one that is inherently multicultural, and proposes that Spanglish "describes a feeling, an attitude that is quintessentially American. It is a culture with one foot in the medieval and the other in the next century." In "Living in Spanglish," Ed Morales paints a portrait of America as it is now, both embracing and unsure how to face an onslaught of Latino influence. His book is the story of groups of Hispanic immigrants struggling to move beyond identity politics into a postmodern melting pot.

LC Classification NumberE184.S75M667 2002