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Sunbelt Diaspora: Race, Class, and Latino Politics in Puerto Rican Orlando
Contributor(s): Silver, Patricia (Author)

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 ISBN: 1477320458     ISBN-13: 9781477320457
Publisher: University of Texas Press
OUR PRICE: $42.75  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2020
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Dewey: 305.800
LCCN: 2019034299
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" L (1.30 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic
Features: Bibliography, Index, Maps
 
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Puerto Ricans make up half of Orlando-area Latinos, arriving from Puerto Rico as well as from other long-established diaspora communities to a place where Latino politics has long been about Cubans in Miami. Together with other Latinos from multiple places, Puerto Ricans bring diverse experiences of race and class to this Sunbelt city. Tracing the emergence of the Puerto Rican and Latino presence in Orlando from the 1940s through an ethnographic moment of twenty-first-century electoral redistricting, Sunbelt Diaspora provides a timely prism for viewing how differences of race, class, and place play out in struggles to claim political, social, and economic ground for Latinos. Drawing on over a decade of ethnographic, oral history, and archival research, Patricia Silver situates her findings in Orlando's historically black-white racial landscape, post-1960s claims to "color-blindness," and neoliberal celebrations of individualism. Through the voices of diverse participants, Silver brings anthropological attention to the question of how social difference affects collective identification and political practice. Sunbelt Diaspora asks what constitutes community and how criteria for membership and legitimate representation are negotiated.

Contributor Bio(s): Silver, Patricia: - Patricia Silver is an anthropologist affiliated with the National Coalition of Independent Scholars. For more than a decade, she has conducted ethnographic, oral history, and archival research about Puerto Rican experiences in Orlando, with an emphasis on sociocultural heterogeneity and collective identification. Silver holds a PhD in cultural anthropology from American University. She has published her findings in numerous academic journals and authored expert testimony as part of a 2014 federal case against Orange County, Florida, for diluting the Latino vote during redistricting.
 
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