Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
Overview"Over the past decade, much attention has been given to examining the growing political influence of Latinos in the United States in order to define the so-called ""Latino vote."" The existence of a coherent, pan-ethnic Latino political agenda is, as this book shows, not only highly debatable, but democratically unviable. Situated at the intersection of political theory and Latino studies, The Trouble with Unity is a nuanced critique of civic Latinidad and the Latino electoral and protest politics that work to erase diversity and debate in favor of images of commonality. Cristina Beltrán looks at key moments in U.S. Latino political history through the lens of political, feminist, and cultural thought to provide a theoretically driven account of the many ways in which Latinos lay claim to the public realm. In its innovative approach to the realities of Latino protest politics, The Trouble with Unity advances both social movement and democratic political theory." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Cristina Beltran (Associate Professor of Political Science, Associate Professor of Political Science, Haverford College)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 22.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 15.00cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9780195375916ISBN 10: 0195375912 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 30 September 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Introduction: Sleeping Giants and Demographic Floods: Latinos and the Politics of Emergence 1. El Pueblo Unido: Visions of Unity in the Chicano and Puerto Rican Movements 2. The Incomplete and Agonistic ""We"": Reading Latinidad into Democratic Theory 3. ""The Bacchanalia of the Political"": Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Dream of Latino Identification 4. From Identification to Representation: Civic Latinidad and the Making of ""the Latino Vote."" 5. Labor, Action, and the Space of Appearance: Immigrant Embodiment and the Problem of Freedom Conclusion: Latino Is a Verb: Democracy, Latinidad, and the Creation of the Political"Reviews<br> Cristina Beltran's powerful book, The Trouble with Unity is timely for our age of Obama in which an ugly anti-immigrant spirit looms large. Don't miss it! --Cornel West, Princeton University <br> In her lucid account of the complexities of identity politics, Cristina Beltran analyzes U.S. Latino efforts to forge a unified political community, persuasively arguing that unity-based politics can provide spaces for meaningful political action but too often minimizes major differences. The Trouble with Unity is an informative, balanced, and unusually thoughtful contribution. --Rogers M. Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania <br> Many have looked at the growth of Latino political identity from a purely empirical perspective. This work, however, tries to understand how Latino-ness is performed and understood in the public sphere, the growth and nature of pan-ethnic identity, and how disparate individuals come togethe Author InformationCristina Beltrán is Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
