Constituting Central American-Americans

Transnational Identities and the Politics of Dislocation
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-8135-9282-4
Verlag: Rutgers University Press

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 197 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 304 g

Reihe: Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States

Central Americans are the third largest and fastest growing Latino population in the United States. And yet, despite their demographic presence, there has been little scholarship focused on this group. Constituting Central American-Americans is an exploration of the historical and disciplinary conditions that have structured U.S. Central American identity and of the ways in which this identity challenges how we frame current discussions of Latina/o, American ethnic, and diasporic identities. By focusing on the formation of Central American identity in the U.S., Maritza E. Cardenas challenges us to think about Central America and its diaspora in relation to other U.S. ethno-racial identities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cárdenas, Maritza E

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction
- Part I: The Isthmus Imaginary: La Patria Grande Centroamericana  
- 1 Remembering La Patria Grande: Locating the Nation in Central American History
- 2 Constructing the Central American National Imaginary
- Part II: The US Diaspora: Little Central America  
- 3 Performing Centralamericanismo: Heterotopias and Transnational Identities at the COFECA Parade 
- 4 Subjects in Passing: Central American-Americans, Latinidad, and the Politics of Dislocation
- Epilogue: La Bestia and Beyond: Migration and the Politics of Mourning
- Acknowledgments 
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Maritza E. Cárdenas is an assistant professor of English at the University of Arizona in Tucson.