Latina/o Midwest Reader

Omar Valerio-Jiménez is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas at San Antonio and the author of River of Hope: Forging Identity and Nation in the Rio Grande Borderlands. Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez is an associate professor of Hispanic Southwest studies at the University of New Mexico and the author of One Day I'll Tell You the Things I've Seen: Stories. Claire F. Fox is a professor in the departments of English and Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Iowa and the author of Making Art Panamerican: Cultural Policy and the Cold War.

• TitleContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: History, Placemaking, and Cultural Contributions - Omar Valerio-Jiménez, Santiago VaquPart 1. The Browning of the MidwestConversations across "Our America": Latinoization and the New Geography of Latinas/os - Louis MenAl Norte toward Home: Texas, the Midwest, and Mexican American Critical Regionalism - José E. LimónReshaping the Rural Heartland: Immigration and Migrant Cultural Practice in Small-Town America - Aide AcostaPart 2. Essential Laborers and NeighborsMexican Workers and Life in South Chicago - Michael Innis-JiménezLatina/o Immigration before 1965: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago - Lilia FernándezNot Just Laborers: Latina/o Claims of Belonging in the U.S. Heartland - Marta María MaldonadoPart 3. La educación adelantaSpanish Language and Education in the Midwest - Kim PotowskiContesting the Myth of Uncaring: Latina/o Parents Advocating for Their Children - Carolyn Colvin, JaLatina/o Studies and Ethnic Studies in the Midwest - Amelia María de la Luz MontesPart 4. Performeando the MidwestThe Black Angel: Ana Mendieta in Iowa City - Jane BlockerHistory in Drag: Latina/o Queer Affective Circuits in Chicago - Ramón H. Rivera-ServeraEl Museo del Norte: Passionate Praxis on the Streets of Detroit - María Eugenia CoteraPart 5. MovimientosReligious Migrants: The Latina/o Mennonite Quest for Community and Civil Rights - Felipe HinojosaThe Young Lords Organization in Chicago: A Short History - Darrel Wanzer-Serrano¡Viva La Causa! in Iowa - Janet WeaverWork, Coalition, and Advocacy: Latinas Leading in the Midwest - Theresa Delgadillo and Janet WeaverReconfiguring Documentation: Immigration, Activism, and Practices of Visibility - Rebecca M. SchreibAfterword: Intimate (Trans)Nationals - Frances R. AparicioGlossaryBibliographyContributorsIndex

"The Reader offers something for everyone. . . . The research disrupts narratives that remove Latinos from history and from the region. . . . Current activists and allies can look to the volume for a history of resistance and a people's determination to live with dignity." --Middle West Review"This key book expands understanding of Latina/os outside of the traditional areas of the US. . . . A major addition to the histories of Latina/os and future Latina/o studies scholarship on the Midwest. . . . Recommended."--Choice"The Latina/o Midwest Reader certainly contributes to this nascent literature by bringing much needed attention to the struggles and contributions of Latinos in the Midwest."--Journal of Folklore Research