{"product_id":"latino-ethnic-consciousness-felix-m-padilla-9780268012755","title":"Latino Ethnic Consciousness: The Case of Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans in Chicago","description":"\u003cp\u003eFocusing on Mexican-American and Puerto Rican populations in Chicago, \u003cem\u003eLatino Ethnic Consciousness\u003c\/em\u003e documents the development of a collective Hispanic or Latino ethnic identity, distinct and separate from the national and cultural affiliations of Spanish-speaking groups. Author Felix Padilla explores the internal dynamics and external conditions, which have prompted this move past individual group boundaries to a broader ethnic identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to Padilla, the Latino ethnic identity develops from the cultural and structural similarities of two or more Spanish-speaking groups and often in response to common experiences of social inequality. In that ethnic identities have to a large extent been encouraged by the division of the labor market in America's industrial society, he argues that the Latino consciousness represents a situational ethnic identity which functions according to the needs of the groups. He describes how such conditions as poverty and racial discrimination have necessitated the assertion of a broader Latino ethnic consciousness and behavior, often more successful in social action than individual cultural or national associations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn case studies from the early 70s, Padilla examines Affirmative Action, the Spanish Coalition for Jobs--spurred by activist Hector Franco--and the Latino Institute, and their influence on the growth of Latino solidarity and mobilization in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn refining the concept of Latino and Hispanic and establishing its significance in society, \u003cem\u003eLatino Ethnic Consciousness\u003c\/em\u003e serves as an analytic framework for further study of ethnic change in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Felix M. Padilla\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 026801275X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268012755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/1985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.43w x 0.55d","brand":"Felix M. Padilla","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072184348927,"sku":"9780268012755","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_45034d80-8f7c-4d7a-91d2-7b40ab754456.jpg?v=1685440439","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/latino-ethnic-consciousness-felix-m-padilla-9780268012755","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}