Barrios and Borderlands

Denis Lynn Daly Heyck (Edited by)

• Preface 1. Latinos, Past and Present - Introduction 2. The Ties That Bind - La Familia 3. "Buenos Dias, Mi Dios" - La Religion 4. All for One and One for All - La Comunidad 5. We Come Bearing Gifts - Las Artes 6. In the Belly of the Beast - (Im)migration and Exile 7. My Roots Are Not Mine Alone - La Identidad Cultural

"A veritable everything-but-the-kitchen-sink compendium of modern Latino prose and speech, this volume gives voice to the underappreciated work and art of Mexicans, Puerto Ricans and Mexican-Americans." -- Publishers Weekly"Barrios and Borderlands: Cultures of Latinos and Latinasin the United States by Denis Lynn Daly Heyck, is, in a nutshell, just plain fun reading...Heyck has made an important contribution to the understanding from without and self-reflection from within of the Latino community. As a latino myself I felt enriched by Barrios andBorderlands. I can imagine non-Latinos coming away from this book ...feeling kindred in spirit in this adventure called "America" - at least I hope they do." -- Raul Nino, Hungry Mind Review"...The work is balanced with contributions from many groups and contains a statistical appendix about Latins in the United States...Since Latins are moving everywhere-though sometimes they are not visible, they are there-this book belongs in every library." -- Rene Perez-Lopez, ibrary Journal