Latinos in American Society: Families and Communities in

Latinos in American Society: Families and Communities in Transition

It is well known that Latinos in the United States bear a disproportionate burden of low educational attainment, high residential segregation, and low visibility in the national political landscape. In Latinos in American Society, Ruth Enid Zambrana brings together the latest research on Latinos in the United States to demonstrate how national origin, age, gender, socioeconomic status, and education affect the well-being of families and individuals. By mapping out how these factors result in economic, social, and political disadvantage, Zambrana challenges the widespread negative perceptions of Latinos in America and the single story of Latinos in the United States as a monolithic group. Synthesizing an increasingly substantial body of social science researchâ€”much of it emerging from the interdisciplinary fields of Chicano studies, U.S. Latino studies, critical race studies, and family studiesâ€”the author adopts an intersectional â€œsocial inequality lensâ€ as a means for understanding the broader sociopolitical dynamics of the Latino family, considering ethnic subgroup diversity, community context, institutional practices, and their intersections with family processes and well-being. Zambrana, a leading expert on Latino populations in America, demonstrates the value of this approach for capturing the contemporary complexity of and transitions within diverse U.S. Latino families and communities. This book offers the most up-to-date portrait we have of Latinos in America today.
Country USA
Manufacturer Cornell University Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2011-06-15
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Cornell University Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2011-06-15
Format	Kindle eBook

Latinos in American Society: Families and Communities in Transition

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