{"product_id":"inventing-latinos-laura-e-g-mez-9781595589170","title":"Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn NPR Best Book of the Year, exploring the impact of Latinos' new collective racial identity on the way Americans understand race, with a new afterword by the author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho are Latinos and where do they fit in America's racial order? In this \"timely and important examination of Latinx identity\" (\u003cem\u003eMs.\u003c\/em\u003e), Laura E. Gez, a leading critical race scholar, argues that it is only recently that Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, Central Americans, and others are seeing themselves (and being seen by others) under the banner of a cohesive \u003cem\u003eracial\u003c\/em\u003e identity. And the catalyst for this emergent identity, she argues, has been the ferocity of anti-Latino racism.\u003cp\u003eIn what \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e calls \"an incisive study of history, complex interrogation of racial construction, and sophisticated legal argument,\" Gez \"packs a knockout punch\" (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e), illuminating for readers the fascinating race-making, unmaking, and re-making processes that Latinos have undergone over time, indelibly changing the way race functions in this country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding on the \"insightful and well-researched\" (\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e) material of the original, the paperback features a new afterword in which the author analyzes results of the 2020 Census, providing brilliant, timely insight about how Latinos have come to self-identify.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura E. Gez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595589171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595589170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2020 pg. 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2020 pg. 84","brand":"Laura E. Gez","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44053801500927,"sku":"9781595589170","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f21e1615-dacb-4849-9bba-fbdbe9080709.jpg?v=1685026338","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inventing-latinos-laura-e-g-mez-9781595589170","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}