Latino Urban Ethnography and the Work of Elena Padilla

Name: Latino Urban Ethnography and the Work of Elena Padilla
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ISBN: 9780252077630

ISBN-10: 0252077636

ISBN-13: 9780252077630

Edition: 2010

Authors: Merida M. Rua, Nicholas De Genova, Zaire Zenit Dinzey-Flores, Elena Padilla, Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas

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This study reclaims and builds upon the classic work of anthropologist Elena Padilla. The volume includes an annotated edition of Padilla's 1947 University of Chicago master's thesis, which broke with traditional urban ethnographies and examined racial identities and interethnic relations. Weighing the importance of gender and the interplay of labour, residence, and social networks, Padilla examined the integration of Puerto Rican migrants into the social and cultural life of the larger community where they settled. Also included are four original essays that foreground the significance of Padilla's early study about Latinos in Chicago. Contributors discuss the implications of her…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 1/25/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction. At the Crossroads of Urban Ethnography and Puerto Rican Latinidad




Puerto Rican Immigrants in New York and Chicago: A Study in Comparative Assimilation



Prologue. Looking Back and Thinking Forward


Preface



Acculturation and Assimilation



Methods



Background of the Puerto Rican Migrants



The Puerto Rican Migrants in New York City



The Puerto Rican Migrants in Chicago



Conclusions


Bibliography



Reflections on Puerto Rican Immigrants in New York and Chicago


ï¿½Spatio-Temporal Rhythmsï¿½ of Housing and Work



Footnotes of Social Justice: Elena Padilla and Chicago Puerto Rican Communities



ï¿½Whiteï¿½ Puerto Rican Migrants, the Mexican Colony, ï¿½Americanization,ï¿½ and Latino History



Gendering ï¿½Latino Public Intellectualsï¿½: Personal Narratives in the Ethnography of Elena Padilla



Contributors


Index