This book highlights cutting-edge articles published in the journal, Latino Studies, over the last two decades. It features the work of leading and emerging scholars whose innovative theoretical and conceptual contributions to Latinx studies have shaped scholarly debates in our interdisciplinary field and continue to have an impact. This collection embraces a broad range of topics organized in four sections representative of major themes in Latinx studies including: Latinidades/Identidades, Race/Racialization, Migration/Immigration, and Legality/Citizenship/Belonging.  Latino Studies: A 20th Year Anniversary Reader will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars looking for a robust interdisciplinary introduction to Latinx studies, the pivotal issues and debates that have shaped the field over the recent past, and directions for future research.

 

Lourdes Torres is Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at DePaul University.  She is editor of Latino Studies and author of Puerto Rican Discourse: A Sociolinguistic Study of a New York Suburb.  Her co-authored book Spanish in Chicago is forthcoming.

 

Marisa Alicea is Professor of Sociology and an affiliate faculty member of the Latin American and Latino Studies Department at DePaul University. She is co-author of Surviving Heroin: Interviews with Women in Methadone Clinics and co-editor of Migration and Immigration: A Global View. Marisa currently serves an associate editor of Latino Studies.

"​For more than two decades, Latino Studies has created an invaluable space for cutting-edge research in Latinx Studies whose impact extends far beyond this interdisciplinary field. The articles in this anthology reflect the exciting, innovative, and path-breaking contributions of Latinx scholars. Yet it also is a testament to the extraordinary dedication, commitment and labor of scholars whose work editing, recruiting solicitations, and supporting scholars' submissions has played an indispensable role in providing a respected venue for rigorous scholarship. The articles chosen for this anthology both reflect key debates and topics in the field and are an excellent introduction to students at all levels of the diverse and exciting fields of Latinx Studies." (Gina Pérez, Professor of Comparative American Studies, Oberlin, USA) "For the past two decades, the Latino Studies journal has published some of the cutting-edge research on migration, transnationalism, genderand sexuality, race, citizenship, and other critical issues relating to people of Hispanic American origin in the United States. This thought-provoking collection, expertly edited by Lourdes Torres and Marisa Alicea, will make it easier for scholars, students, and the general public to access the insights of a substantial body of academic knowledge that helps to understand the complex experiences and challenges of Latinos and Latinas, as well as the more contested term Latinx." (Jorge Duany, Professor of Anthropology, Florida International University, USA)
"Latino Studies: A 20th Anniversary Reader includes some of the most influential and important scholarship on Latino Studies over the past 20 years—from the field’s nascence to its prominence today.  In a fitting reflection of the Latino Studies journal’s dedicated commitment to interdisciplinarity, the book features prominent scholars from fields in the Humanities and Social Sciences—but always with aneye to how the work crosses disciplinary lines and breaks down silos. In short, this is a phenomenal showcase of Latino Studies in the 21st century." (Marta Caminero-Santangelo, University Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas, USA)

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