Keywords for Latina/o Studies

Deborah R. Vargas (Editor) Deborah R. Vargas is Associate Professor and Henry Rutgers Term Chair in Comparative Sexuality, Gender, and Race in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. Vargas is the author of Dissonant Divas in Chicana Music: The Limits of La Onda (2012). Vargas's publications have appeared in journals including Aztlan: Journal for Chicano Studies; Women and Performance: Journal of Feminist Theory; American Quarterly.Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes (Editor) Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes is Associate Professor of American Culture, Romance Languages and Literatures, and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and the former director of the Latina/o Studies Program. His books include Queer Ricans: Cultures and Sexualities in the Diaspora (2009) and Abolición del pato (2013).Nancy Raquel Mirabal (Editor) Nancy Raquel Mirabal is Associate Professor of American Studies and the Director of the U.S. Latina/o Studies Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. Mirabal is the author of Suspect Freedoms: The Racial and Sexual Politics of Cubanidad in New York, 1823-1957; first editor of Technofuturos: Critical Interventions in Latina/o Studies and co-editor of Keywords for Latina/o Studies. Her publications have appeared in the Latino Studies Journal, The Public Historian, Cultural Dynamics, and Callaloo.

"Showcasing an impressive breadth of concepts and theories,Keywords for Latina/o Studiesis like no other book out there. Including accessible essays from contributors of unquestionable expertise and a solid engagement with the many delineations of the field, this book is an essential resource for students and scholars alike." - Isabel Molina-Guzmán,author of Dangerous Curves: Latina Bodies in the Media "With a powerhouse list of contributors, this collection of 63 alphabetically arranged essays from scholars around the US defines major themes, topics, and keywords in the Latina/o studies discipline...[W]ell-written and well-researched entries...Other than full-blown encyclopedias, monographs of this type that engage with the vocabulary of Latina/o studies are scarce." (Choice)