Antonia Darder is the Leavey Endowed Chair in Ethics and Moral Leadership at Loyola Marymount University, USA. Rodolfo D. Torres is Professor of Planning, Policy & Design, and Political Science, University of California, Irvine, USA.

• TABLES OF CONTENTSI. HISTORY, POLITICS, & ECONOMICS1. The Ideology and Practice of Empire: The U.S., Mexico, and the Education of Mexican ImmigrantsGilbert G. Gonzalez2. Puerto Rican Politics in the United States: Examination of Major Perspectives and TheoriesEdgardo Melendez3. Latina/o: Historical and Material Dimensions Peter McLaren and Nathalia E. Jaramillo II. CONSTRUCTING IDENTITIES4. Movimiento de Rebeldia Y Las Culturas que TraicionanGloria Andualdua5. Latino/”Hispanic”—Who Needs a Name/: The Case against a Standardized Terminology Martha E. Gimenez6. Capitalist Schooling and Constructing Young Latino MasculinitiesRodolfo D. Torres and Alexandro Jose Gradilla7. Dis-connections in “American” Citizenship and the Post/neo-colonial: People of Mexican Descent and Whitestream Pedagogy and Curriculum.Luis UrrietaIII. LANGUAGE & SCHOOLING8. The Struggle for Language Rights: Naming and Interrogating the Colonial Legacy of “English Only”Lilia I. Bartolome9. The Politics of Restrictive Language Policies: A Postcolonial Analysis of Language and Schooling Antonia Darder and Miren Uriarte10. Como Hablar en Silencio (Like Speaking in Silence): Issues of Language, Culture, and Identity of Central Americans in Los AngelesMagaly Lavadenz11. Entre la Espada y la Pared: Critical Educators, Bilingual Education, and Education ReformEdward M. Olivos & Carmen E. Quintana de Valladolid IV. TRANSFORMING EPISTEMOLOGIES12. Toward an Epistemology of a Brown BodyCindy Cruz13. Thinking Latina/o Education with and from Chicana/Latina Feminist Cultural StudiesSofia Villenas14. (Re)Imagining New Narratives of Racial, Labor, and Environmental Power for Latina/o Students Yvette Lapayese V. EMANCIPATORY PEDAGOGIES15. RicanStructuring the Discourse and Promoting School Success: Extending a Theory for Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for DiasporicansJason G. Irizarry and Rene Antrop-Gonzalez16. A Social Justice Approach to Achievement: Guiding Latina/o Students Toward Educational Attainment with a Challenging, Socially Relevant CurriculumJulio Cammarota17. Critical Xicana/Xicano Educators: Is it enough to be a Person of Color?Margarita Ines Berta-AvilaVI. LATINO IMMIGRANT YOUTH18. Latino Youth: Immigration, Education, and the FuturePedro A. Noguera19. Swimming: On Oxygen, Resistance and Possibility for Immigrant Youth under Siege Michelle Fine, Reva Jaffe-Walter, Pedro Pedraza, Valerie Futch, & Brett Stoudt20. “I Can’t Go to College because I Don’t Have Papers”: Incorporation Patterns of Latino Undocumented YouthLeisy Janet Abrego VII. COMMUNITY, RESISTANCE, & ACTIVISM21. Culture, Literacy, and Power in Family-Community-School-RelationshipsConcha Delgado Gaitan22. Practicing Citizenship: Latino Parents Broadening Notions of Citizenship through Participatory ResearchEmma H. Fuentes23. From Hip-Hop to Humanization: Batey Urbano as a Space for Latino Youth Culture and Community ActionNilda Flores-Gonzalez, Matthew Rodriguez, and Michael Rodriguez-Muniz24. Nine Reflections for Academic ActivistsRaúl Fernández

"A deeply relevant and useful reader that culls the best of scholarly approaches to discuss a myriad variety of issues that are relevant to understanding the complex dynamics of a growing Latina and Latino population."—Arturo J. Aldama, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA