Ethnic Labels, Latino Lives Identity and the Politics of (Re) Presentation in the United States

SuzanneOboleris Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice/City University of NY. She is the Founding Editor of the international academic journal,Latino Studies(Palgrave), and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the 4-volume,Oxford Encyclopedia on Latinos and Latinas in the United States(2005). She has publishedEthnic Labels, Latino Lives: Identity and the Politics of Representation(1995) and has edited 2 anthologies;Neither Enemies Nor Friends: Latinos, Blacks, Afro-Latinos(co-edited with Anani Dzidzienyo; Palgrave, 2005) andLatino/as and Citizenship: The Dilemma of Belonging(Palgrave, 2006).