Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction Gina M. Pérez Frank A. Guridy Adrian Burgos, Jr. 1
Part I Citizenship, Belonging, and (the Limits of) Latina/o Inclusion
1 Singing the "Star-Spanglish Banner": The Politics and Pathologization of Bilingualism in U.S. Popular Media María Elena Cepeda 27
2 "!Puuurrrooo MÉXICO!": Listening to Transnationalism on U.S. Spanish-Language Radio Dolores Inés Casillas 44
3 Hayandose: Zapotec Migrant Expressions of Membership and Belonging Lourdes Gutiérrez Nájera 63
4 Becoming Suspect in Usual Places: Latinos, Baseball, and Belonging in El Barrio del Bronx Adrian Burgos, Jr. Frank A. Guridy 81
Part II Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of Memory and Representation
5 Gay Latino Histories/Dying to Be Remembered: AIDS Obituaries, Public Memory, and the Queer Latino Archive Horacio N. Roque Ramírez 103
6 All About My (Absent) Mother: Young Latina Aspirations in Real Women Have Curves and Ugly Betty Deborah Paredez 129
7 Making "The International City" Home: Latinos in Twentieth-Century Lorain, Ohio Pablo Mitchell Haley Pollack 149
8 Hispanic Values, Military Values: Gender, Culture, and the Militarization of Latina/o Youth Gina M. Pérez 168
Part III Latina/o Activisms and Histories
9 Going Public? Tampa Youth, Racial Schooling, and Public History in the Cuentos de mi Familia Project John McKiernan-González 189
10 The Mission in Nicaragua: San Francisco Poets Go to War Cary Cordova 211
11 From the Near West Side to 18th Street: Un/Making Latino/a Barrios in Postwar Chicago Lilia Fernández 233
12 Transglocal Barrio Politics: Dominican American Organizing in New York City Ana Aparicio 253
About the Contributors 273
Index 277