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Making Hispanics : how activists, bureaucrats, and media constructed a new American
Title
Making Hispanics : how activists, bureaucrats, and media constructed a new American / G. Cristina Mora.
ISBN
9780226033662 (cloth : alkaline paper)
022603366X (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226033839 (paperback : alkaline paper)
022603383X (paperback : alkaline paper)
9780226033976 (e-book)
Publication
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Copyright Notice Date
©2014
Physical Description
xxi, 227 pages ; 23 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 14, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : making Hispanics : classification and the politics of ambiguity
Civil rights, brown power, and the "Spanish-speaking" vote : the development of the cabinet committee on opportunities for Spanish speaking people
The rise of a Hispanic lobby : the national council of La Raza
"The toughest question" : the US Census Bureau and the making of Hispanic data
Broadcasting panethnicity : Univision and the rise of Hispanic television
Conclusion : the Hispanic category and the development of a new identity politics in America.
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