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36 Cards in this Set
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Ethno-Racial Landscape of Latinidad |
-California -Arizona -New Mexico -Texas |
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Hispanic/Latino Controversy |
-Hispanic: pan-ethnic label given to us by the U.S Census of population for research purposes -Latino:a pan-ethnic label that emerged in 1990's as a way to stray away from the stereo types that came along with the word "Hispanic" |
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Chicano/Chicana |
-Children of Mexican immigrants in the southwest -Mistreated by the police -It is a political identity |
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Nuyorican |
-2nd and 3rd generation Puerto Rican's that felt excluded and discriminated against -Born and raised in New York City |
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Race/Ethnicity |
-Race: groups of people who have differences and similarities in biological traits that society sees as socially significant -Ethnicity: Shared cultural practices, perspectives and distinctions that set one group apart from another |
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Assimilation |
A+B+C+D=A Turning everyone into the ideal version of an "american" |
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Mestizaje |
-Being a mixture of all different nationalities -cannot be defined by just one |
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Melting pot |
A+B+C=D Having everyone come together as they are and creating something new |
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Monroe Doctrine |
proclaimed that European nations should no longer interfere with the affairs of the new nations in the Americas |
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Problems with the label Hispanic |
-Pan-ethnic label -Brings stereo types like Hispanic=immigrant or Hispanic=Mexican/undocumented |
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Percent of the U.S. Populations that is White, Latino, Black |
-White: 62% -Latino:17% -Black: 13% |
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Population distribution in the state of Illinois. White, Latino, Black |
-White: 63% -Latino:17% -Black: 15% |
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ISU Total % White, Black, Latino, Asian |
-White: 78% -Black: 7% -Latino: 8% -Asian: 2% |
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Latinidad |
-latinness, everything that has to do with being a Latino -Constructed by and for Latinos -Essentially Latin identity |
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Selena |
-Singer from Texas -broke ground in tejano music because it had been male dominated before her |
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Selena the film |
- Made as a tribute to Selena -The story of her life meant to show her accomplishments and impact |
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Third Space/Tejas |
- Texas is a place of its own in the Latino incorporation process -Third space of cultural production that engages discussion of colonialism and Mexican nationalism -Example Tex-mex |
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Jennifer as Selena Controversy |
-Puerto Rican playing a Mexican woman -JLO as selena is gender latinidad -constructing them as if they were the "Same" |
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Batey Urbano |
-Puerto Ricans in Chicago -Creative Space for youth -Created social and political awareness |
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Social Justice development model |
-3 stage transformation process 1. Self awareness 2. Social Awareness 3. Global awareness |
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Gentrification |
buying and renovating of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper and middle class income families |
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Batey Urbano as an additive space |
-created a place where there was no assimilation -tried to create a positive out of a negative |
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Salsa |
- style of music that P.R's in NYC invented so they would have their own sound // born in NY -birth of salsa was in 1970's in the cheetah club -It's the number one maker of latinidad - reaffirm culture, self, community, heritage |
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New Jersey Salsa Scene (studio-based dance) |
- Salsa became a way to forge community -Latinos and non-latinos appreciate the cultural diversity of the dance -create community through dance |
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Ethnicity and social class in the salsa scene |
-A space of entry and connection -form community without reproducing power dynamics |
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Predatory Masculinity (on the dance floor) |
-Salsa is male dominated - men lead, woman follow |
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Objectifying in Salsa Dancing |
-Everything is controlled by the male -Music's lyrics objectify woman -Dance is made "sexy" where woman are the sex object |
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Paradox of salsa dancing for woman |
Woman attract men to the dance, yet have no control. They have to follow even if theyre more advanced |
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Salsa and Masculinity |
- Men leading gives them a sense of power - Being talented on the dance floor is something that is attractive |
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Underground Music |
Reggaeton was the kind of music you could only hear in the street. Wasn't played on the radio or sold in stores. |
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Reggaeton |
Made in the barrios of Puerto Rico. Mix of Salsa and Hip Hop. Youth wanted a sound that was theirs |
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Perreo |
Doggy Style Dance Makes woman out to be sex objects Dancing virtually naked "sex with clothes on" |
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Calle 13 |
Went against what other artists were doing Talked about social and political issues Used their music to inform people and go against the government |
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Sexism in Reggaeton |
Lyrics are very sexist Objectify woman Woman in videos are scene as a sex object |
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Barriocentric Masculinity |
- All men want to do is have sex - See woman as a piece of meat/ sex object |
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Denaturalization of reggaeton masculinity |
- calle 14 doesnt objectify woman - go against stereo type through humor and parody |
