Recently added articles from The Journal of Latino - Latin American Studies:
Preparing Nebraska Teachers to See Demographic Change As an Opportunity: Reflections on Immigrant Integration and the Role of Government, Communities and Institutions
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract This paper reflects on an effort to support Nebraska teachers, both practicing and preservice, to become more ready for the state's changing demographics, notably for the growth in Latino and Spanish-speaking populations. To that end, it describes an effort funded by the ...
"The Heard Voice: The Emergence of the Hispanic across the Mid-West, 1971-1985"
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract: This article reflects on the data from a collection of reports to governors and legislatures in Midwest States, and various series of newsletters referring to Hispanic [Latino] population. It considers advocacy organizations, and particular issues emanating from their influx on ...
"When We Finish Our Job, We Will Cut Off Our Beards": New York Times Coverage of Fidel Castro's 1959 U.S. Visit
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract During a brief historical moment, April 15-26, 1959, Fidel Castro and a delegation of more than fifty industrial and international representatives visited the United States as guests of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. The 32-year-old Cuban revolutionary, in rumpled ...
Mexican Mano and Vato: Romani and Caló Origins
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract: This article considers the history of two terms from a same linguistic community along the variously permeable US-Mexican border, mano and vato. Exploring the history of mano and mana will provide useful insights for subsequently exploring the history of vato. Keywords: ...
Cuba's Banking Sector Transformations: Causes and Prospects for the Future
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract During the last three decades of the Cold War, Cuba had one of the most collectivized, egalitarian, and subsidized economies within the Socialist Bloc. The disintegration of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies in the early 1990s resulted in a severe multidimensional ...
The Impact of Transnational Migration and Remittances on Quality-of-Life in Chalchihuites, Zacatecas
Apr 01, 2008; ... Introduction In 1942 the bilaterally approved Bracero Program invited citizens from Mexico the opportunity to supplement the diminished U.S. workforce. Over the next 22 years an estimated five million braceros (workers) entered the U.S. under legal contracts and an equal number of ...
THE IMPACT OF THE SOCIAL INVESTMENT OF COLLECTIVE REMITTANCES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE: THE CASE OF THE "TRES POR UNO PARA MIGRANTES."
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract: This article focuses on the transformation of the Mexican migrant into a transnational collective agent, a diversified subject who is simultaneously involved in political, social and economic activities that transcend borders and cultures, and delineate new social formations ....
Obstacles and Opportunities: Latino-Owned Small Businesses in Iowa
Apr 01, 2006; ... Abstract: Rapid growth in Latino populations in Iowa and other "new destination" states resulted from large influxes of labor for agribusiness, food processing and other manufacturing sectors. Assessment of their economic contributions has generally focused on their wages and buying power ....
Colombian Migration in the Kingdom of Sweden
Apr 01, 2006; ... Abstract: This article studies Colombian emigration to the Kingdom of Sweden. It takes into account the development of official migration processes and policies at different stages. It analyzes the composition of the Colombian resident colony in Göteborg. The paper focuses on their socioeconomic ...
Identity through Literature of Gay Chicanos
Apr 01, 2006; ... Abstract: "Identity through Literature of the Gay Chicano" deals with aspects of homosexuality as manifested in Chicano literature and as displayed in several cross-cultural issues in Mexico and the United States. This study employs the theory of semiotics to explore how the gay Chicano writer ...
Little San Salvador: Identity of Places/Places of Identity In an Innercity Enclave of Los Angeles, California
Apr 01, 2006; ... Abstract: This paper focuses on the process of constructing identity and place within the context of the emergence of Los Angeles as a "world city. This construction of place and identity is riddled with tension and conflict Issues of identity politics, territoriality and power relationships ...
Love Sees No Color or Boundaries? Interethnic Dating and Marriage Patterns of Dominican and CEP (Colombian, Ecuadorian, and Peruvian) Americans
Apr 01, 2006; ... Abstract: Drawing on in-depth interviews with 80 second-generation Dominican and CEP (Colombian, Ecuadorian, and Peruvian) immigrants living in New York City, this paper presents a crucial analysis of interethnic dating and intermarriage patterns among second-generation Dominicans and CEPs, ...
Mexican Migrants and other Latinos in the US Labor Market since NAFTA
Apr 01, 2006; ... Abstract: The North American Free Trade Agreement did not have a dampening effect on Mexican migration to the US as was expected. Deteriorating employment conditions in México have coincided with a continuing demand for cheap Latino labor in the US over the past several years, thus bolstering ...
Beyond the Supernatural: Latino Healers Treating Latino Immigrants in NYC
Apr 01, 2006; ... Abstract: This essay analyzes the role of the botanica (ethnic healing store) among the Latino population of New York City. It examines how botanicas provide health care services to an ethnically diverse clientele. At the same time, the study reviews the specialized knowledge base and ...
Understanding the Chiapas Rebellion: Modernist Visions and the Invisible Indian
Apr 01, 2006; ... Understanding the Chiapas Rebellion: Modernist Visions and the Invisible Indian. By Nicolas P. Higgins. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2004. 259 pp. (paper). A romantic poet years ago wrote the poetic refrain that has captured well the mainstream culture's comprehension of ...
Diversity in Democracy: Minority Representation in the United States
Apr 01, 2006; ... Diversity in Democracy: Minority Representation in the United States by Gary M. Segura and Shaun Bowler (Editors). Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia Press, 2005,304 pp. $45.00 (cloth). Segura and Bowler have compiled an impressive collection of essays and research studies ...
Latinos1 in Rural America and U.S. Agriculture: From Pioneers to New Arrivals
Oct 01, 2005; ... Abstract: For at least four centuries, Mexican communities of labor have been part of rural America, bringing affordable food to the American table and prosperity to generations of American farmers. From California's "factories in the fields" and the Heartland's meatpacking plants, to the backs ...
Latino Colonization and White Emigration: Ethnic Transformation in Agricultural Communities of California
Oct 01, 2005; ... Abstract: I understand that 30-40 years ago [that city] was a really nice town mostly Anglo, with nice homes. Then it got into trouble. They lost their police department. It's not nice anymore. There are a lot of crimes. (June 1997) This is [one of] the poorest [cities] in the State of ...
The Mushroom Industry And The Emergence Of Mexican Enclaves In Southern Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1960-1990
Oct 01, 2005; ... Abstract: This chapter examines the restructuring of the mushroom industry of southeastern Pennsylvania from 1960 to 1990. During this period, mushroom producers underwent major changes in their crop production that included the introduction of a new labor force-Mexican migrants-who since then ...
Class Relations Among Old and New Immigrants
Oct 01, 2005; ... Abstract: Several self- and externally-imposed identifiers-ethnic background, religious membership, gender, and national origin for example-obscure class affiliation and disguise the ways that individuals from different class backgrounds use such identifiers to increase or reduce the material ...