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RED AND YELLOW, BLACK AND BROWNDecentering Whiteness in Mixed Race StudiesEdited by Joanne L. Rondilla, Rudy P. Guevarra Jr., and Paul Spickard“This is a first-rate book on an important, topical, and under-theorized area of scholarship. A focus on mixed race people of color, as opposed to mixed race white/people of color, is truly cutting edge.”— Kevin Johnson, Dean, UC Davis School of Law304 pp • 12 photographs, 4 tables • 978-0-8135-8730-1 Paperback • $29.95S Sale Price $20.97

Red and Yellow, Black and Brown

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IN LADY LIBERTY’S SHADOWThe Politics of Race and Immigration in New JerseyRobyn Magalit Rodriguez“Robyn Magalit Rodriguez makes an original intellectual contribution to the study of migration control that places the politics of race, anti-blackness, and suburban governance at the center of the analysis!”—Alfonso Gonzales, author of Reform

Without Justice248 pp • 9 photographs • 978-0-8135-7008-2 Paperback • $19.95F Sale Price $13.97

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IMAGINING ASIA IN THE AMERICASEdited by Zelideth María Rivas and Debbie Lee-DiStefano“Imagining Asia in the Americas brings fresh ideas and scholarship to the field. Using oral histories and personal experience, the essays in this volume convey a level of intimacy missing from other collections on the Asian diaspora.”— Jerry García, author of Looking Like the

Enemy: Japanese Mexicans, the Mexican State, and U.S. Hegemony

216 pp • 3 photographs • 978-0-8135-8520-8 Paperback • $27.95S Sale Price $19.57

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YOUTH IN POSTWAR GUATEMALAEducation and Civic Identity in TransitionMichelle J. Bellino“A heartbreakingly beautiful narrative account of how students and teachers at four very different Guatemalan secondary schools negotiate the complexities of history and identity. Bellino provides a brilliant model of nuanced inquiry into the vicissitudes of citizenship education for fragile democracies.”—Bradley Levinson, Department of Education, Indiana

University272 pp, 1 table • 978-0-8135-8799-8 Paperback • $34.95S Sale Price $24.46

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VILLAGE OF IMMIGRANTSLatinos in an Emerging AmericaDiana R. Gordon“This beautifully written book tells what happens when small town America meets contemporary Latino immigration, an inspiring, yet also heartbreaking encounter between the American dream and the American dilemma. A compelling account and a deeply satisfying read.”—Roger Waldinger, author of The Cross-Border Connection:

Immigrants, Emigrants, and their Homeland256 pp • 978-0-8135-7590-2 • Cloth • $27.95T Sale Price $19.57

• Received an Honorable Mention for the

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CONCEIVING CUBAReproduction, Women, and the State in the Post-Soviet EraElise Andaya“Andaya reveals the complex entanglement of women’s reproductive choices, healthcare practices, and the state’s agenda to reshape gender ideologies. This rich ethnography will appeal to regional specialists, and to scholars of gender, reproduction, post-socialism, and social change.”—Nadine Fernandez, author of Revolutionizing Romance:

Interracial Couples in Contemporary Cuba192 pp • 978-0-8135-6519-4 • Paperback • $26.95S Sale Price $18.87

WAR ECHOESGender and Militarization in U.S. Latina/o Cultural ProductionAriana E. Vigil“Bravo! In War Echoes we finally see an honest and courageous account of the productive tensions and uneasy alliances among U.S. Latina/os as they engage the problem of U.S. military intervention in Central America and the Middle East.”—Nicole M. Guidotti-Hernandez, author

of Unspeakable Violence: Remapping U.S. and Mexican National Imaginaries

250 pp • 978-0-8135-6933-8 • Paperback • $26.95S Sale Price $18.87

INTERSECTIONS OF HARMNarratives of Latina Deviance and DefianceLaura Halperin“With scholarship that is broad and deep,Intersections of Harm offers excellent, original, and nuanced readings of Latina/o literature that add to ongoing conversations in Latina literary studies and beyond.”—Suzanne Bost, author of Encarnación:

Illness and Body Politics in Chicana Feminist Literature


POLICE, POWER, AND THE PRODUCTION OF RACIAL BOUNDARIES Ana Muñiz“The genius of Police, Power, and the Production of Racial Boundaries is in the author’s skillful analysis on the ‘other side’ of the criminal justice system. This book stands out precisely because it turns a critical eye toward the creators and enforcers of the law.”—Christopher Bickel, California State University, San Marcos154 pp • 9 photographs, 5 figures, 2 tables • 978-0-8135-6975-8 Paperback • $26.95S Sale Price $18.87Critical Issues in Crime and Society

village of immigrants

latinos in an emerging america

diana r. gordon

PUERTO RICANS IN THE EMPIRETobacco Growers and U.S. ColonialismTeresita A. Levy“Levy provides an excellent introduction to Puerto Rico’s crucial tobacco industry, with fascinating material on farmer organizations and agricultural research.”—Herbert S. Klein, Columbia University200 pp • 6 figures, 33 tables 978-0-8135-7132-4 • Paperback • $28.95S Sale Price $20.27

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GENDER AND VIOLENCE IN HAITIWomen’s Path from Victims to AgentsBenedetta Faedi DuramyWomen in Haiti are frequent victims of sexual violence and armed assault. Yet they also act as perpetrators of violent crime, often as part of armed groups. Award-winning legal scholar Benedetta Faedi Duramy visits Haiti to discover why these women act in such destructive ways and what might be done to stop this tragic cycle of violence.188 pp • 978-0-8135-6314-5 • Paperback • $25.95S Sale Price $18.17

DAUGHTERS AND GRANDDAUGHTERS OF FARMWORKERSEmerging from the Long Shadow of Farm LaborBarbara Wells“[An] examination of the legacy of immigrant conditions on latter generations.”—Karen Pyke, University of California256 pp • 10 photographs, 1 map, 1 table • 978-0-8135-6284-1 Paperback • $27.95S Sale Price $19.57Families in Focus

FarmworkersDaughters and Granddaughters of

EMERGING FROM THE LONG SHADOW OF FARM LABOR

Barbara Wells

LIFE ON THE MALECÓNChildren and Youth on the Streets of Santo DomingoJon M. Wolseth“The stories Wolseth tells are compelling. The children’s voices challenge readers to rethink one-sided views about poor street youth and encourage them to adopt more nuanced approaches to poor kids ‘choices.’ Brilliant work!”—Martha K. Huggins, Tulane University240 pp • 978-0-8135-6287-2 • Paperback • $27.95S Sale Price $22.36 Series in Childhood Studies

LIFE ON THE MALECÓN

Jon M. Wolseth

CHILDREN AND YOUTH ON THE STREETS OF SANTO DOMINGO

RETURN TO CENTRO HISTÓRICOA Mexican Jew Looks for His RootsIlan Stavans“A hypnotic, moving exploration of history and identity, wry and entertaining and wise. In this dialogue with a lifetime of photos, Ilan Stavans creates and recreates a world rarely seen.”—Ariel Dorfman, author of Feeding on

Dreams180 pp, 21 color and 62 b/w photographs • 978-0-8135-5191-3Cloth • $24.95T Sale Price $17.46 WE ARE IN THIS DANCE

TOGETHERGender, Power, and Globalization at a Mexican Garment FirmNancy Plankey-Videla“Plankey-Videla’s cogent ethnography of labor relations and worker resistance at a cutting-edge apparel factory in Mexico reveals some of the most serious contradictions in our contemporary global labor market.”—Jane Collins, author of Threads: Gender, Labor & Power in

the Global Economy264 pp, 7 photographs • 978-0-8135-5302-3 Paperback • $28.95S Sale Price $20.26

• 2014 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

AMIGAS Y AMANTESSexually Nonconforming Latinas Negotiate FamilyKatie L. Acosta“Amigas y Amantes makes a significant contribution to understanding the lives of ‘sexually nonconforming’ Latina women. Acosta compellingly reveals the life experiences of these women, the challenges they face, and the way they handle these challenges.”—Anita Garey, author of Weaving Work and Motherhood192 pp, 3 graphs, 1 figure, 1 table • 978-0-8135-6195-0 Paperback • $24.95S Sale Price $17.46

We Are inThis Dance Together

GENDER, POWER, AND GLOBALIZATION AT A MEXICAN GARMENT FIRM

NANCY PLANKEY-VIDELA

A YEAR IN WHITECultural Newcomers to Lukumi and Santería in the United StatesC. Lynn Carr“[Carr] offers both an insider and outsider perspective (initiate and researcher) that allows us to be privy to the trials and triumphs, the struggles and joys of committing to a faith largely misunderstood and often disparaged by the American mainstream.”—Times Higher Education256 pp, 4 graphs, 5 tables • 978-0-8135-7119-5Paperback • $27.95F Sale Price $19.57

DEMANDING JUSTICE AND SECURITYIndigenous Women and Legal Pluralities in Latin AmericaEdited by Rachel Sieder“Demanding Justice and Security offers a panoramic view of Latin American indigenous women’s strategies for combating gendered violence and of creating constructive justice alternatives grounded in indigenous concepts of collective rights and autonomy. Beautifully written ethnography and crisp theory make this a particularly useful classroom book.”—Lynn Stephen, author of We are the Face of Oaxaca:

Testimony and Social Movements298 pp, 2 figures, 1 table • 978-0-8135-8792-9 Paperback • $34.95S Sale Price $24.46

HAITI AND THE USES OF AMERICAPost-U.S. Occupation PromisesChantalle F. Verna“This groundbreaking, deeply researched, and richly rewarding study illuminates that Haitians were key agents of inter-American connection and collaboration during the mid-twentieth century. Chantalle F. Verna rethinks Haiti’s relation to the United States at that time by asking complex questions and reaching nuanced insights that seem just as relevant and important with reference to today.”—Kate Ramsey, author of The Spirits and the Law: Vodou

and Power in Haiti232 pp, 12 photographs, 1 map • 978-0-8135-8516-1 Paperback • $29.95S Sale Price $20.96

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HUMANITARIAN AFTERSHOCKS IN HAITI Mark Schuller“Mark Schuller offers clear analysis, informed by empirical knowledge. This sets him apart from the usual experts on Haiti. A challenging book from an author who goes the distance to understand the ‘other’.” —Raoul Peck, award-winning Haitian

filmmaker and director of Fatal Assistance312 pp • 10 photographs, 4 ftables 978-0-8135-7423-3 • Paperback • $27.95S Sale Price $19.57

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LIVING WITH INSECURITY IN A BRAZILIAN FAVELAUrban Violence and Daily LifeR. Ben Penglase“This is a vibrant and engaging book that provides valuable insights on violence, social exclusion, and daily life on the urban margins in Brazil and elsewhere.”—Daniel M. Goldstein, author of Outlawed:

Between Security and Rights in a Bolivian City


LIVING WITH INSECURITY IN A BRAZILIAN FAVELA

URBAN VIOLENCE AND DAILY LIFE

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FROM THE EDGEChicana/o Border Literature and the Politics of PrintAllison E. Fagan“Fagan takes a novel approach to Chicana/o literature by examining the significance of its material features, such as revisions, collaborations, glossaries, translations, typography, editorial paratexts, and marginalia, and by raising intriguing questions about the role of audiences and publishing industries.”—Claudia Sadowski-Smith, author of Border Fictions:

Globalization, Empire, and Writing at the Boundaries224 pp • 2 photographs, 3 figures • 978-0-8135-8379-2 Paperback • $26.95S Sale Price $18.87

DREAM NATIONPuerto Rican Culture and the Fictions of IndependenceMaría Acosta Cruz“No other book weaves together so beautifully and completely the political, historical, social, economic, and cultural threads which make up the tapestry of Puerto Rican nationalism. Dream Nation will certainly have a lasting impact.”—Frederick Luis Aldama, author of A

Concise History of Latino/a Literature222 pp • 5 illustrations • 978-0-8135-6546-0 Paperback • $25.95S Sale Price $18.17

THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE AND THE CONVERSOSUncovering Hidden Influences from Spain to MexicoMarie-Theresa Hernández“Cogent, convincing, and full of interesting stories, this original work makes us reconsider the old boundaries opposing Christians and Jews in the Hispanic old and new worlds.”—Jean-Michel Rabaté, University of Pennsylvania276 pp • 14 photographs • 978-0-8135-6568-2 Paperback • $27.95S Sale Price $19.57

MEXICO ON MAIN STREETTransnational Film Culture in Los Angeles before World War IIColin Gunckel“A rich and impressive study of how Mexican film culture in Los Angeles responded to and shaped film industries of both the U.S. and Mexico.”—Jacqueline Stewart, author of

Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity

264 pp • 31 photos, 3 maps • 978-0-8135-7075-4 Paperback • $29.95S Sale Price $20.97

LATINA/O STUDIES & LATIN AMERICAN STUDIESLATINIDAD: TRANSNATIONAL CULTURES IN THE UNITED STATESGENOCIDE, POLITICAL VIOLENCE,

HUMAN RIGHTS

THE REAPPEAREDArgentine Former Political PrisonersRebekah Park“This is a pioneering study about former political prisoners in post-dictatorship Argentina. Anthropologist Rebekah Park sheds light on enduring struggles and human rights processes embodied in a remarkable group of activists fiercely committed to political change and accountability.”—Susan Slyomovics, author of How to Accept German

Reparations198 pp • 978-0-8135-6854-6 Paperback • $29.95S Sale Price $20.97

GENOCIDE AS SOCIAL PRACTICEReorganizing Society under the Nazis and Argentina’s Military JuntasDaniel Feierstein“This work provides a provocative analysis of the relationship between modernity and state policy through the mechanism of genocidal social practice. A seminal contribution from a major scholar in the field.”—Ernesto Verdeja, University of Notre Dame276 pp • 978-0-8135-6317-6 Paperback • $29.95S Sale Price $20.97

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OUR CARIBBEAN KINRace and Nation in the Neoliberal AntillesAlaí Reyes-Santos“With breadth, depth, originality, and intellectual acumen, Reyes-Santos builds on her conceptualization of transcolonial and transnational kinship through a number of social and cultural examples to arrive at a more diversified approach in literary and cultural studies.”—Myrna García-Calderón, Syracuse University232 pp • 2 illustrations • 978-0-8135-7199-7 Paperback • $29.95S Sale Price $20.97

THE THINGS THAT FLY IN THE NIGHTFemale Vampires in Literature of the Circum-Caribbean and African DiasporaGiselle Liza Anatol“The Things That Fly in the Night is an important book in the growing scholarship of Caribbean folklore and literature. Encyclopedic in its scope and grand in its theoretical ambition, Professor Anatol’s study of the specters of Caribbean occult should be read by everyone interested in Afro-diasporic culture.”—Natasha Barnes, author of Cultural Conundrums:

Gender, Race, Nation, and the Making of Caribbean Cultural Politics

312 pp • 8 illustrations • 978-0-8135-6573-6 Paperback • $32.95S Sale Price $23.07

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THE DOMINICAN RACIAL IMAGINARYSurveying the Landscape of Race and Nation in HispaniolaMilagros Ricourt“A necessary book to rethink Dominican racial identities. Ricourt challenges the hegemonic national imaginary and brings forward alternative discourses and practices highlighting the presence of Dominican Black identities and culture.”—José Itzigsohn, professor of sociology, Brown University240 pp, 9 photographs, 2 figures, 2 maps, 8 tables 978-0-8135-8447-8 • Paperback • $27.95S Sale Price $19.57

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DISENCHANTING CITIZENSHIPMexican Migrants and the Boundaries of BelongingLuis F. B. Plascencia“Plascencia deepens and expands our understanding of citizenship and how its promises and limitations directly impact peoples’ lives.”—Latino Studies266 pp • 5 tables • 978-0-8135-5280-4 Paperback • $25.95S Sale Price $20.76

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LATINA/O STUDIES & LATIN AMERICAN STUDIESLATINIDAD: TRANSNATIONAL CULTURES IN THE UNITED STATES

SOUTHWEST ASIAThe Transpacific Geographies of Chicana/o LiteratureJayson Gonzales Sae-Saue“This book articulates a critical perspective on Chicana/o studies that is not only sorely needed, but that also points to the interethnic and transnational origins of the field as a productive trajectory forward.”—Maria Herrera Sobek, associate vice

chancellor, University of California, Santa Barbara168 pp • 9 photographs • 978-0-8135-7716-6 Paperback $26.95S Sale Price $18.87

BECOMING MEXIPINOMultiethnic Identities and Communities in San DiegoRudy P. Guevarra, Jr.“Guevarra’s fresh, exciting, and provocative analysis provides an extraordinary account of what it means to be a multiethnic American; a remarkable feat!”—Rick Bonus, author of Locating Filipino

Americans256 pp • 21 photographs, 3 maps, 5 tables • 978-0-8135-5284-2 Paperback • $25.95S Sale Price $18.17

ZAPOTECS ON THE MOVECultural, Social, and Political Processes in Transnational PerspectiveAdriana Cruz-Manjarrez“Cruz-Manjarrez documents important aspects of indigenous immigrant identity formation in Los Angeles and Yalálag, Oaxaca, particularly of immigrant youth, adding to our understanding of urban indigenous incorporation in the U.S..”—Lynn Stephen, author of Transborder Lives268 pp • 9 halftones, 1 map • 978-0-8135-6070-0 Paperback • $27.95S Sale Price $19.57

• Winner of the 2014 NACCS Tejas

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DOMESTIC NEGOTIATIONSGender, Nation, and Self-Fashioning in US Mexicana and Chicana Literature and ArtMarci R. McMahon“With depth and clarity, McMahon offers a highly valued analysis of Chicana and Mexicana women who negotiate the domesticated gendered body...an important and timely contribution to the field.”—Ellie D. Hernandez, University of California260 pp • 12 illustrations • 978-0-8135-6094-6 Paperback • $25.95S Sale Price $18.17

FAMILY ACTIVISMImmigrant Struggles and the Politics of NoncitizenshipAmalia Pallares“Pallares illustrates how Latino activists frame the family to contest immigrants’ negative representation and to make counterclaims on behalf of unauthorized and mixed-status families.”—Pat Zavella, author of I’m Neither

Here Nor There: Mexicans’ Quotidian Struggles with Migration and Poverty

202 pp • 13 photographs, 1 figure • 978-0-8135-6456-2 Paperback • $27.95S Sale Price $19.57

Z a p o t e c s on the Move

Cultur al, SoCial, and PolitiCal ProCeSSeS

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OF FORESTS AND FIELDSMexican Labor in the Pacific NorthwestMario Jimenez Sifuentez“Sifuentez gives voice to the stories, struggles, and strengths of Mexican laborers in the fields of the Northwest, illuminating in engaging, human terms an important slice of history.”—Miriam Pawel, author of The Crusades

of Cesar Chavez: A Biography192 pp • 11 photographs • 978-0-8135-7689-3 Paperback $27.95S Sale Price $19.57

TROUBLING NATIONHOOD IN U.S. LATINA LITERATUREExplorations of Place and BelongingMaya Socolovsky“Socolovsky considers how Latina fiction disrupts notions about what constitutes the US nation and national identity [and is] useful in debates about immigration and anti-immigration rhetoric, which links the illegal presence of Latin Americans in the US to threats this foreign culture poses to what is truly ‘American.’”—Choice256 pp • 978-0-8135-6117-2 • Paperback • $25.95S Sale Price $18.17


BORDERLANDS SAINTSSecular Sanctity in Chicano/a and Mexican CultureDesirée A. Martín“Addressing religion, spirituality and sanctity in Chicana/o culture, Borderlands Saints makes a significant contribution to a burgeoning area that demands critical attention.”—Carl Gutiérrez-Jones, University of

California, Santa Barbara296 pp • 5 illustrations • 978-0-8135-6233-9 Paperback • $28.95S Sale Price $20.27

SALVADORAN IMAGINARIESMediated Identities and Cultures of ConsumptionCecilia M. Rivas“Rivas examines transnational exchanges, profound and rapid social change, and maps a geography of marginalization in a nation without borders.”—Cecilia Menjívar, author of Enduring

Violence: Ladina Women’s Lives in Guatemala

168 pp • 2 photographs • 978-0-8135-6461-6 Paperback • $25.95S Sale Price $18.17

MEXICAN HOMETOWN ASSOCIATIONS IN CHICAGOACÁNFrom Local to Transnational Civic EngagementXóchitl Bada“This is an engaging, well researched, and thoughtfully organized book on an important topic—the transnational civic engagement of Mexican migrants and their organizations on both sides of the US-Mexico border.”—Michael Peter Smith, co-author of Citizenship Across

Borders242 pp • 2 figures and 3 tables • 978-0-8135-6492-0 Paperback • $26.95S Sale Price $18.87

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HIDDEN CHICANO CINEMAFilm Dramas in the BorderlandsA. Gabriel Meléndez“With clear and concise analysis, extensive archival work, and sound scholarship, Hidden Chicano Cinema makes a significant contribution to the field.”—María Herrera-Sobek, University of

California, Santa Barbara288 pp • 13 illustrations • 978-0-8135-6106-6 Paperback • $26.95S Sale Price $21.56

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