The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in Contemporary Politics, Law, and Social Movements

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Produktbeschreibung

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in Contemporary Politics, Law, and Social Movements contains over 450 topical entries written by key academics, intellectuals, and scholars, and provides a comprehensive source of information on the diverse historical and contemporary experiences of Latinos and Latinas in the United States.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 1272
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 300mm x 241mm x 107mm
• Gewicht: 4400g
• ISBN-13: 9780199744619
• ISBN-10: 0199744610
• Artikelnr.: 47869380

Autorenporträt

Suzanne Oboler is Professor of Latin American and Latina/o Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Between 2002 -2012 she served as founding editor of the academic journal, Latino Studies. She is the author of Ethnic Labels, Latino Lives: Identity and the Politics of (Re)Presentation in the United States (1995) and various articles and book chapters. She has edited Latinos and Citizenship: The Dilemma of Belonging (2006) and Behind Bars: Latino/as and Prison in the United States (2009). In 2005, she co-edited, with Anani Dzidzienyo, the anthology, Neither Enemies nor Friends: Latinos, Blacks, Afro-Latinos and was co-editor in chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States, 4 vols. Deena J. González is Professor at the Department of Chicana/o Studies and Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs at Loyola Marymount University. The first Chicana to receive a Ph.D. from Berkeley's history department, she is the author of Refusing the Favor: The Spanish-Mexican Women of Santa Fe, 1820-1880 (OUP 1999).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Entries
Editorial and Staff Pages
Introduction
Preface
Common Abbreviations Used in This Work
Topical Outline of Entries
Directory of Contributors
Index