Latinos in the New South: Transformations of Place (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781138259133)

Latinos have emerged as one of the fastest-growing ethnic populations in the American South. A 'New South' is taking shape in a region where culture and class relations have traditionally been constructed along black-white divides and experience absorbing culturally or linguistically foreign immigrants has been limited. This book presents a multidisciplinary examination of the impacts and responses across the Southeastern United States to contemporary Latino immigration. The rapid and large-scale movement of Latinos into the region has challenged old precepts and forced Southerners to confront the impacts of globalization and transnationalism in their daily lives. Drawing on theoretical perspectives as well as empirical research, the work provides insights into the Latino experience in both urban and rural locales. Each chapter is centred on the nexus between the immigrants' experiences in settling and adapting to new lives in the American South and the construction of transformed social, economic, political and cultural spaces.

Author: Owen J. Furuseth
ISBN-10: 1138259136
ISBN-13: 9781138259133
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 10/19/2016
Pages: 306
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.65d