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Author Davila, Arlene M., 1965-

Title Latino spin : public image and the whitewashing of race / Arlene Davila.

Imprint New York : New York University Press, c2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.0468 D289l 2008    ---  Available
Description viii, 211 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-196) and index.
Contents Here comes the Latino middle class -- Latinos : "the new Republicans (they just don't know it)" -- The Hispanic consumer: that's "a lot of dollars, cars, diapers, and food" -- The Times-Squaring of el barrio : on mega-projects, spin, and "community consent" -- From barrio to mainstream : on the politics of latino/a art museums -- The "disciplining" of ethnic studies : or, why it will take Goya foods and J. Lo to endow Latino studies -- Conclusion: On the dangers of wishful thinking.
Subject Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions.
United States -- Race relations.
ISBN 0814720072 (pb : alk. paper)
9780814720073 (pb : alk. paper)
9780814720066 (cl : alk. paper)
0814720064 (cl : alk. paper)

 
    
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