Changing Race : Latinos, the Census and the History of Ethnicity / Clara E. Rodríguez.
Rodríguez, Clara E., author.
2000
E184.S75 R64 2000
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Title
Changing Race : Latinos, the Census and the History of Ethnicity / Clara E. Rodríguez.
Author
Rodríguez, Clara E., author.
ISBN
9780814771969
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814771969.001.0001
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2000]
Copyright
©2000
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.18574/nyu/9780814771969.001.0001 doi
Call Number
E184.S75 R64 2000
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.8/00973 305.800973
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 how the way Latinos are defining themselves, and refusing to define themselves, represents a powerful challenge to America's system of racial classification and American racism.
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Series
Critical America ; ; 41
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New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgments
PART I THE FLUIDITY OF RACE
1 Latinos in the U.S. Race Structure
2 The Idea of Race
3 Stories of Self-Definition
PART II HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTIONS
4 Whites and Other Social Races
5 The Shifting Color Line
6 Race in the Americas
PART 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
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