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Chargement... Latinx: The New Force in American Politics and Culturepar Ed Morales
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"The Latinx revolution in US culture, society, and politics "Latinx" (pronounced "La-teen-ex") is the gender-neutral term that covers the largest racial minority in the United States, 17 percent of the country. This is the fastest-growing sector of American society, containing the most immigrants. It is the poorest ethnic group in the country, whose political empowerment is altering the balance of forces in a growing number of states. And yet, Latins barely figure in America's racial conversation--the US census does not even have a category for "Latino." In this groundbreaking discussion, Ed Morales explains how Latin political identities are tied to a long Latin American history of mestizaje, translatable as "mixedness" or "hybridity", and that this border thinking is both a key to understanding bilingual, bicultural Latin cultures and politics and a challenge to America's infamously black/white racial regime. This searching and long-overdue exploration of a crucial development in American life updates Cornel West's bestselling Race Matters with a Latin inflection"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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I won this book from the Al-Rhodan awards, which aims to encourage understanding between cultures. In which case, it partly achieved its aims. I have certainly learnt something about another cultural tradition, it's origins and conflicts. That I didn't understand all of it is as much my lack of point of contact as the author's writing for a more specific than general audience. ( )