Hispanas de Queens Contributor(s): Ricourt, Milagros (Author), Danta, Ruby (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801487951 ISBN-13: 9780801487958 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $35.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2002 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 305.868 |
LCCN: 2002007458 |
Series: Anthropology of Contemporary Issues |
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6.12" W x 9" (0.61 lbs) 192 pages |
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: What happens when persons of several Latin American national groups reside in the same neighborhood-- Milagros Ricourt and Ruby Danta consider the stories of women of different nationalities--Colombian, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Uruguayan, and others--who live together in Corona, a working-class neighborhood in Queens. Corona has long been an arrival point for immigrants and is now made up predominantly of Spanish-speaking immigrants from the Caribbean and South and Central America, with smaller numbers from Asia, Africa, and Europe. There are also long-established populations of white Americans, mainly of Italian origin, and African Americans.The authors find that the new pan-Latin American community in Corona has emerged from the interactions of everyday living. Hispanas de Queens focuses on the places where women gather in Corona--bodegas, hospitals, schoolyards, and Roman Catholic and Protestant churches--to show how informal alliances arise from proximity.Ricourt and Danta document how a group of leaders, mainly women, consciously promoted this strong sense of community to build panethnic organizations and a Latino political voice. Hispanas de Queens shows how a new group identity--Hispanic or Latino--is formed without replacing an individual's identification as an immigrant from a particular country. Instead, an additional identity is created and can be mobilized by pan-Latino leaders and organizations. |
Contributor Bio(s): Danta, Ruby: - Ruby Danta has served as coordinator of the Translation Service Program at Queens College and Director of the Latin American Cultural Center of Queens.Ricourt, Milagros: - Milagros Ricourt is Assistant Professor in the Department of Latin American Studies at City University of New York. |