Latining America : black-brown passages and the coloring of Latino/a studies /
With this book, the author proposes that the economies of blackness, brownness, and dark brownness summon a new grammar for Latino/a studies that she names "Latinities." The author's innovative study argues that this ensnared economy of meaning startles the typical reading practices d...
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Athens :
University of Georgia Press,
[2013]
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | New southern studies.
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| Summary: | With this book, the author proposes that the economies of blackness, brownness, and dark brownness summon a new grammar for Latino/a studies that she names "Latinities." The author's innovative study argues that this ensnared economy of meaning startles the typical reading practices deployed for brown Latino/a embodiment. This book keeps company with and challenges existent models of Latinidad, demanding a distinct paradigm that puts into question what is understood as Latino and Latina. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 301 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-288) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780820344799 0820344796 1299950744 9781299950740 9780820344355 0820344354 9780820344362 0820344362 9780820353029 0820353027 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |