Making Hispanics : how activists, bureaucrats, and media constructed a new American / G. Cristina Mora.

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Main Author: Mora, G. Cristina, 1980- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : making Hispanics : classification and the politics of ambiguity
  • Civil rights, brown power, and the "Spanish-speaking" vote : the development of the cabinet committee on opportunities for Spanish speaking people
  • The rise of a Hispanic lobby : the national council of La Raza
  • "The toughest question" : the US Census Bureau and the making of Hispanic data
  • Broadcasting panethnicity : Univision and the rise of Hispanic television
  • Conclusion : the Hispanic category and the development of a new identity politics in America.