{"product_id":"mexican-americans-and-the-question-of-race-paperback-softback-9781477307540","title":"Mexican Americans and the Question of Race (Paperback \/ softback) 9781477307540","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMexican Americans and the Question of Race\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJulie A. Dowling (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477307540, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 May 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e173 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.2 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDowling’s text is a much needed addition to and intervention in the conversation of Latino racial identification that should be required reading for Sociology of Race and Latino Studies courses.\u003c\/div\u003e (Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Journal)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention, Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award, presented by the Racial and Ethnic Minorities Section of the American Sociological Association, 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Mexican Americans constituting a large and growing segment of U.S. society, their assimilation trajectory has become a constant source of debate. Some believe Mexican Americans are following the path of European immigrants toward full assimilation into whiteness, while others argue that they remain racialized as nonwhite. Drawing on extensive interviews with Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants in Texas, Dowling’s research challenges common assumptions about what informs racial labeling for this population. Her interviews demonstrate that for Mexican Americans, racial ideology is key to how they assert their identities as either in or outside the bounds of whiteness. Emphasizing the link between racial ideology and racial identification, Dowling offers an insightful narrative that highlights the complex and highly contingent nature of racial identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. The Question of Race\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. “\u003cbr\u003eI’\u003cbr\u003em white ‘\u003cbr\u003ecause I’\u003cbr\u003em an American, right?”\u003cbr\u003e: The Meanings of Whiteness for Mexican Americans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. “\u003cbr\u003eWe were never white”\u003cbr\u003e: Mexican Americans Identifying Outside the Bounds of Whiteness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. “\u003cbr\u003eIn Mexico I was . . .”\u003cbr\u003e: Translating Racial Identities Across the Border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. “\u003cbr\u003eThat’\u003cbr\u003es what we call ourselves here”\u003cbr\u003e: Mexican Americans and Mexican Immigrants Negotiating Racial Labeling in Daily Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Re-envisioning Our Understanding of Latino Racial Identity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix: Notes on Methodology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52589099450648,"sku":"9781477307540","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mexican-americans-and-the-question-of-race-paperback-softback-9781477307540","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}