{"product_id":"9780312310004","title":"Living in Spanglish : The Search for Latino Identity in America","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLiving in Spanglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Ed Morales\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChicano. Cubano. Pachuco. Nuyorican. Puerto Rican. Boricua. Quisqueya. Tejano. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo be Latino in the United States in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries has meant to fierce identification with roots, with forbears, with the language, art and food your people came here with.  America is a patchwork of Hispanic sensibilities-from Puerto Rican nationalists in New York to more newly arrived Mexicans in the Rio Grande valley-that has so far resisted homogenization while managing to absorb much of the mainstream culture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiving in Spanglish\u003c\/i\u003e delves deep into the individual's response to Latino stereotypes and suggests that their ability to hold on to their heritage, while at the same time working to create a culture that is entirely new, is a key component of America's future.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Morales pins down a hugely diverse community-of Dominicans, Mexicans, Colombians, Cubans, Salvadorans and Puerto Ricans--that he insists has more common interests to bring it together than traditions to divide it.  He calls this sensibility Spanglish, one that is inherently multicultural, and proposes that Spanglish \"describes a feeling, an attitude that is quintessentially American. It is a culture with one foot in the medieval and the other in the next century.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLiving in Spanglish\u003c\/i\u003e , Ed Morales paints a portrait of America as it is now, both embracing and unsure how to face an onslaught of Latino influence.  His book is the story of groups of Hispanic immigrants struggling to move beyond identity politics into a postmodern melting pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Spanglish is not only a lexicon but a state of mind that knows no boundaries, a kind of Yiddish rephrased by Cesar Chavez, with echoes deep into the past and ramifications everywhere in our centerless future.” —\u003ci\u003eIlan Stavans, author of The Hispanic Condition and On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLiving in Spanglish\u003c\/i\u003e freeze-frames the wave of Hispanic cultures, giving is its origins, its lines and curves, its diverse components, and finally, its course. And Morales does all this while riding within the belly of the wave itself.” —\u003ci\u003eBenicio del Toro, actor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In\u003ci\u003e Living in Spanglish\u003c\/i\u003e, cultural engagement teams with progressive political savvy to make for some vibrant and thoughtful bilingual takes on the Latino implosion busily reshaping la cultura americana in our times.” —\u003ci\u003eJuan Flores, author of From Bomba to Hip-Hip: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLiving in Spanglish\u003c\/i\u003e neatly captures dialectics of the contemporary Latino experience in ways that blend the eclectic with broad historical sweep. Its interplay of the marginal with the mainstream is a unique and useful approach that makes its narrative accessible to those not entirely familiar with things Latino, yet challenging to those who think they are.” —\u003ci\u003eAngelo Falcon, Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Impassioned . . . Poet and journalist Morales explores the difficulty of finding a definition for Latinos in the US.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312310004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40660348993742,"sku":"9780312310004","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_283b4626-5f94-4871-a83b-f290308bceb5.jpg?v=1639538287","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312310004","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}