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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Vintage, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020Copyright date: Description: 1 online resource (325 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1984899104
  • 9781984899101
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Finding Latinx.DDC classification:
  • 305.868/073 23
LOC classification:
  • E184.S75 R37 2020eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: Coming out as Latinx -- 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 -- Acknowledgments -- Further reading -- Notes.
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
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-325).

Introduction: Coming out as Latinx -- 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 -- Acknowledgments -- Further reading -- Notes.

"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

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