Latinos and Education: A Critical Reader

TABLES OF CONTENTS I. HISTORY, POLITICS, & ECONOMICS 1. The Ideology and Practice of Empire: The U.S., Mexico, and the Education of Mexican Immigrants Gilbert G. Gonzalez 2. Puerto Rican Politics in the United States: Examination of Major Perspectives and Theories Edgardo Melendez 3. Latina/o: Historical and Material Dimensions Peter McLaren and Nathalia E. Jaramillo II. CONSTRUCTING IDENTITIES 4. Movimiento de Rebeldia Y Las Culturas que Traicionan Gloria Andualdua 5. Latino/Hispanic-Who Needs a Name/: The Case against a Standardized Terminology Martha E. Gimenez 6. Capitalist Schooling and Constructing Young Latino Masculinities Rodolfo D. Torres and Alexandro Jose Gradilla 7. Dis-connections in American Citizenship and the Post/neo-colonial: People of Mexican Descent and Whitestream Pedagogy and Curriculum. Luis Urrieta III. LANGUAGE & SCHOOLING 8. The Struggle for Language Rights: Naming and Interrogating the Colonial Legacy of English Only Lilia I. Bartolome 9. The Politics of Restrictive Language Policies: A Postcolonial Analysis of Language and Schooling Antonia Darder and Miren Uriarte 10. Como Hablar en Silencio (Like Speaking in Silence): Issues of Language, Culture, and Identity of Central Americans in Los Angeles Magaly Lavadenz 11. Entre la Espada y la Pared: Critical Educators, Bilingual Education, and Education Reform Edward M. Olivos & Carmen E. Quintana de Valladolid IV. TRANSFORMING EPISTEMOLOGIES 12. Toward an Epistemology of a Brown Body Cindy Cruz 13. Thinking Latina/o Education with and from Chicana/Latina Feminist Cultural Studies Sofia Villenas 14. (Re)Imagining New Narratives of Racial, Labor, and Environmental Power for Latina/o Students Yvette Lapayese V. EMANCIPATORY PEDAGOGIES 15. RicanStructuring the Discourse and Promoting School Success: Extending a Theory for Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for Diasporicans Jason G. Irizarry and Rene Antrop-Gonzalez 16. A Social Justice Approach to Achievement: Guiding Latina/o Students Toward Educational Attainment with a Challenging, Socially Relevant Curriculum Julio Cammarota 17. Critical Xicana/Xicano Educators: Is it enough to be a Person of Color? Margarita Ines Berta-Avila VI. LATINO IMMIGRANT YOUTH 18. Latino Youth: Immigration, Education, and the Future Pedro A. Noguera 19. Swimming: On Oxygen, Resistance and Possibility for Immigrant Youth under Siege Michelle Fine, Reva Jaffe-Walter, Pedro Pedraza, Valerie Futch, & Brett Stoudt 20. Can't Go to College because I Don't Have Papers: Incorporation Patterns of Latino Undocumented Youth Leisy Janet Abrego VII. COMMUNITY, RESISTANCE, & ACTIVISM 21. Culture, Literacy, and Power in Family-Community-School-Relationships Concha Delgado Gaitan 22. Practicing Citizenship: Latino Parents Broadening Notions of Citizenship through Participatory Research Emma H. Fuentes 23. From Hip-Hop to Humanization: Batey Urbano as a Space for Latino Youth Culture and Community Action Nilda Flores-Gonzalez, Matthew Rodriguez, and Michael Rodriguez-Muniz 24. Nine Reflections for Academic Activists Raul Fernandez