Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

2-17-2011

SSRN Discipline

Economics Research Network; Legal Scholarship Network; Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies; Corporate Governance Network; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; ERN Subject Matter eJournals; Labor eJournals

Abstract

In the last fortyfive years immigration reform has brought tens of millions of new immigrants from Latin American countries to the United States Since critical race theory pioneers Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic compiled the first edition of The Latinoa Condition in 1998 the population has continued to grow exponentially while scholarship on Latinosas has grown just as quickly The second edition of The Latinoa Condition brings together a wide range of new and classic Latino and Latina voices from the fields of law sociology history media studies and politics to address questions such as Who exactly is a Latino Who is Hispanic Who is Chicano How did Spanishspeaking people come to live in the United States Is the Latino family a source of strength or oppression What about Catholicism Should the United States try to control Latino immigration and is this even possible What are the most common media stereotypes of Latino people Are Latinos white What role does law play in the racial construction of the group Collecting a wealth of perspectives on these and other issues central to the Latinoa experience Delgado and Stefancic offer a broad portrait of Latinoa life in the United States at the beginning of the twentyfirst century

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