Hispanas de Queens: Latino Panethnicity in a New York City

Hispanas de Queens: Latino Panethnicity in a New York City Neighborhood (The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues)

What happens when persons of several Latin American national groups reside in the same neighborhoodâ€• Milagros Ricourt and Ruby Danta consider the stories of women of different nationalitiesâ€•Colombian, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Uruguayan, and othersâ€•who live together in Corona, a working-class neighborhood in Queens. Corona has long been an arrival point for immigrants and is now made up predominantly of Spanish-speaking immigrants from the Caribbean and South and Central America, with smaller numbers from Asia, Africa, and Europe. There are also long-established populations of white Americans, mainly of Italian origin, and African Americans.The authors find that the new pan-Latin American community in Corona has emerged from the interactions of everyday living. Hispanas de Queens focuses on the places where women gather in Coronaâ€•bodegas, hospitals, schoolyards, and Roman Catholic and Protestant churchesâ€•to show how informal alliances arise from proximity.Ricourt and Danta document how a group of leaders, mainly women, consciously promoted this strong sense of community to build panethnic organizations and a Latino political voice. Hispanas de Queens shows how a new group identityâ€•Hispanic or Latinoâ€•is formed without replacing an individual's identification as an immigrant from a particular country. Instead, an additional identity is created and can be mobilized by pan-Latino leaders and organizations.

Country	USA
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Cornell University Press
EAN	9780801487958
Edition	1
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0801487951
Label	Cornell University Press
Manufacturer	Cornell University Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	192
PublicationDate	2002-10-17
Publisher	Cornell University Press
Studio	Cornell University Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Hispanas de Queens: Latino Panethnicity in a New York City Neighborhood (The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues)

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