Overview
This study reclaims and builds upon the classic work of anthropologist Elena Padilla in an effort to examine constructions of space and identity among Latinos. The volume includes an annotated edition of Padilla's 1947 University of Chicago master's thesis, ""Puerto Rican Immigrants in New York and Chicago: A Study in Comparative Assimilation,"" which broke with traditional urban ethnographies and examined racial identities and interethnic relations. Weighing the importance of gender and the interplay of labor, residence, and social networks, Padilla examined the integration of Puerto Rican migrants into the social and cultural life of the larger community where they settled. Also included are four comparative and interdisciplinary original essays that foreground the significance of Padilla's early study about Latinos in Chicago. Contributors discuss the implications of her groundbreaking contributions to urban ethnographic traditions and to the development of Puerto Rican studies and Latina/o studies. Contributors are Nicholas De Genova, Zaire Z. Dinzey-Flores, Elena Padilla, Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas, MÉrida M. RÚa, and Arlene Torres.
Full Product Details
Author: Merida M. Rua ,
Nicholas De Genova ,
Zaire Zenit Dinzey-Flores ,
Elena Padilla
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Edition: annotated edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.313kg
ISBN: 9780252077630
ISBN 10: 0252077636
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 25 January 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""The book rightly positions Padilla as a central contributor to the emergence of the modern urban ethnographic tradition and its emphasis on race, ethnicity, and immigration. Students and scholars of sociology, anthropology, and Latino studies will benefit from this important work."" Alford A. Young Jr., author of The Minds of Marginalized Black Men: Making Sense of Mobility, Opportunity, and Future Life Chances"
The book rightly positions Padilla as a central contributor to the emergence of the modern urban ethnographic tradition and its emphasis on race, ethnicity, and immigration. Students and scholars of sociology, anthropology, and Latino studies will benefit from this important work. Alford A. Young Jr., author of The Minds of Marginalized Black Men: Making Sense of Mobility, Opportunity, and Future Life Chances
Author Information
MÉrida M. RÚa is an associate professor of Latina/o studies and American studies at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
