Urban Latino Cultures
La vida latina en LA
1st Edition
Published on 30. June 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-7619-1620-8 (ISBN)
Description
"Urban Latino Cultures is a superb, multidimensional study of place and identity in Los Angeles. Recognizing that the transnational character of Latino realities is often realized in local expression and control of space, the book offers a useful lesson for those seeking to understand the ongoing transformations of many American cities, including San Antonio, Miami, and elsewhere and will be required reading for analysts of the new Los Angeles."
--Manuel Pastor, Jr., Chair, Latin American & Latino Studies,
Merrill College, University of California
In public venues and in their homes, Latinos are asserting their cultural identities and changing the face of American cities. This book records the voices and visions of poets, cartoonists, photographers, architects, geographers, designers, playwrights, musicians, and filmmakers as they testify to the new vida latina in Los Angeles. They uncover the transformation of Latino memory, identity, and destiny in the social spaces of the barrio. Using Spanish, English, and Spanglish, contributors mingle the jingle of palatero trucks with sweatshops, in-your-face cartoons, rock music, family photos, hard-edged reporting, videos, and lyrical laments. The result is a joyful celebration of a pivotal moment in Latino history in the USA.
--Manuel Pastor, Jr., Chair, Latin American & Latino Studies,
Merrill College, University of California
In public venues and in their homes, Latinos are asserting their cultural identities and changing the face of American cities. This book records the voices and visions of poets, cartoonists, photographers, architects, geographers, designers, playwrights, musicians, and filmmakers as they testify to the new vida latina in Los Angeles. They uncover the transformation of Latino memory, identity, and destiny in the social spaces of the barrio. Using Spanish, English, and Spanglish, contributors mingle the jingle of palatero trucks with sweatshops, in-your-face cartoons, rock music, family photos, hard-edged reporting, videos, and lyrical laments. The result is a joyful celebration of a pivotal moment in Latino history in the USA.
Reviews / Votes
"An exuberant, relevatory joy ride through the best part of town. The first book on Los Angeles that Walt Whitman could sing along with." -- Mike DavisMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 179 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
485 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-1620-8 (9780761916208)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Introduction - Gustavo Leclerc and Michael J Dear
La Vida Latina en LA
Aqui Estamos Y No Nos Vamos - Raul Villa
Place Struggles in Latino Los Angeles
Chavez Ravine - Don Normark
El Movimiento - Tomas Ybarra-Frausto in Coverstation with Michael Dear
The Chicano Cultural Project Since the 1960s
Bars and Belonging - Maria Elena Fernandez
Tres Poemas - Gloria Enedina Alvarez
La Movida - Ruben Martinez
Manuela S-t-i-t-c-h-e-d - Christina Fernandez
Juan Soldado - Alma Lopez
Spanish Caprice - Jesse Lerner and Ruben Ortiz-Torres
On Foto-Novelas - Carlos Avila
Distant Water and In the Mirror
Poems de una Chicana/Irish, Chuca Veterana que Piensa que es Sirena Turned Activist, y Poeta para Acabarla de Chingar or Mermaid at the Edge - Lindsey Haley
Pico-Union Vignettes - Luis Alfaro
L.A. Cucaracha Urban Sketch Journal - Lalo Alcaraz
L.A. Real - Theresa Chavez
La Mona de TJ - Gustavo Leclerc
Waiting in Line - Anthony Hernandez
Double Agent Sirvienta - Laura Alvarez
Los Paleteros - Camilo Jose Vergara
Mi Casa es su Casa - Margaret Crawford
St Francis of Aztlan - Ramon Gracia
The Latino Use Urban Space of East Los Angeles - James Rojas
Fotonovela - Harry Garnboa Jr
Choosing Chicano in the 1990s - Yvette C Doss
The Underground Music Scene of Los(t) Angeles
Mas alla de la Mamonerias - Ruben Martinez
Cultura, Migracion y Desmadre en Ambos Lados del Rio Bravo
Seeking Oblivion in L.A. - Ramona Ortega
Apuntes para el Fin de la Ciudad Mas Grande del Mundo - Rogelio Villarreal Macias
Reflections on Identity and a Sometime Angeleno - John A Loomis
The Case of Walter Betancourt
La Vida Latina en LA
Aqui Estamos Y No Nos Vamos - Raul Villa
Place Struggles in Latino Los Angeles
Chavez Ravine - Don Normark
El Movimiento - Tomas Ybarra-Frausto in Coverstation with Michael Dear
The Chicano Cultural Project Since the 1960s
Bars and Belonging - Maria Elena Fernandez
Tres Poemas - Gloria Enedina Alvarez
La Movida - Ruben Martinez
Manuela S-t-i-t-c-h-e-d - Christina Fernandez
Juan Soldado - Alma Lopez
Spanish Caprice - Jesse Lerner and Ruben Ortiz-Torres
On Foto-Novelas - Carlos Avila
Distant Water and In the Mirror
Poems de una Chicana/Irish, Chuca Veterana que Piensa que es Sirena Turned Activist, y Poeta para Acabarla de Chingar or Mermaid at the Edge - Lindsey Haley
Pico-Union Vignettes - Luis Alfaro
L.A. Cucaracha Urban Sketch Journal - Lalo Alcaraz
L.A. Real - Theresa Chavez
La Mona de TJ - Gustavo Leclerc
Waiting in Line - Anthony Hernandez
Double Agent Sirvienta - Laura Alvarez
Los Paleteros - Camilo Jose Vergara
Mi Casa es su Casa - Margaret Crawford
St Francis of Aztlan - Ramon Gracia
The Latino Use Urban Space of East Los Angeles - James Rojas
Fotonovela - Harry Garnboa Jr
Choosing Chicano in the 1990s - Yvette C Doss
The Underground Music Scene of Los(t) Angeles
Mas alla de la Mamonerias - Ruben Martinez
Cultura, Migracion y Desmadre en Ambos Lados del Rio Bravo
Seeking Oblivion in L.A. - Ramona Ortega
Apuntes para el Fin de la Ciudad Mas Grande del Mundo - Rogelio Villarreal Macias
Reflections on Identity and a Sometime Angeleno - John A Loomis
The Case of Walter Betancourt