Antonia Darder is the Leavey Endowed Chair in Ethics and Moral Leadership at Loyola Marymount University, USA. Rodolfo D. Torres is Professor of Planning, Policy & Design, and Political Science, University of California, Irvine, USA.

"A deeply relevant and useful reader that culls the best of scholarly approaches to discuss a myriad variety of issues that are relevant to understanding the complex dynamics of a growing Latina and Latino population."—Arturo J. Aldama, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

• TABLES OF CONTENTSI. HISTORY, POLITICS, & ECONOMICS1. The Ideology and Practice of Empire: The U.S., Mexico, and the Education of Mexican ImmigrantsGilbert G. Gonzalez2. Puerto Rican Politics in the United States: Examination of Major Perspectives and TheoriesEdgardo Melendez3. Latina/o: Historical and Material Dimensions Peter McLaren and Nathalia E. Jaramillo II. CONSTRUCTING IDENTITIES4. Movimiento de Rebeldia Y Las Culturas que TraicionanGloria Andualdua5. Latino/”Hispanic”—Who Needs a Name/: The Case against a Standardized Terminology Martha E. Gimenez6. Capitalist Schooling and Constructing Young Latino MasculinitiesRodolfo D. Torres and Alexandro Jose Gradilla7. Dis-connections in “American” Citizenship and the Post/neo-colonial: People of Mexican Descent and Whitestream Pedagogy and Curriculum.Luis UrrietaIII. LANGUAGE & SCHOOLING8. The Struggle for Language Rights: Naming and Interrogating the Colonial Legacy of “English Only”Lilia I. Bartolome9. The Politics of Restrictive Language Policies: A Postcolonial Analysis of Language and Schooling Antonia Darder and Miren Uriarte10. Como Hablar en Silencio (Like Speaking in Silence): Issues of Language, Culture, and Identity of Central Americans in Los AngelesMagaly Lavadenz11. Entre la Espada y la Pared: Critical Educators, Bilingual Education, and Education ReformEdward M. Olivos & Carmen E. Quintana de Valladolid IV. TRANSFORMING EPISTEMOLOGIES12. Toward an Epistemology of a Brown BodyCindy Cruz13. Thinking Latina/o Education with and from Chicana/Latina Feminist Cultural StudiesSofia Villenas14. (Re)Imagining New Narratives of Racial, Labor, and Environmental Power for Latina/o Students Yvette Lapayese V. EMANCIPATORY PEDAGOGIES15. RicanStructuring the Discourse and Promoting School Success: Extending a Theory for Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for DiasporicansJason G. Irizarry and Rene Antrop-Gonzalez16. A Social Justice Approach to Achievement: Guiding Latina/o Students Toward Educational Attainment with a Challenging, Socially Relevant CurriculumJulio Cammarota17. Critical Xicana/Xicano Educators: Is it enough to be a Person of Color?Margarita Ines Berta-AvilaVI. LATINO IMMIGRANT YOUTH18. Latino Youth: Immigration, Education, and the FuturePedro A. Noguera19. Swimming: On Oxygen, Resistance and Possibility for Immigrant Youth under Siege Michelle Fine, Reva Jaffe-Walter, Pedro Pedraza, Valerie Futch, & Brett Stoudt20. “I Can’t Go to College because I Don’t Have Papers”: Incorporation Patterns of Latino Undocumented YouthLeisy Janet Abrego VII. COMMUNITY, RESISTANCE, & ACTIVISM21. Culture, Literacy, and Power in Family-Community-School-RelationshipsConcha Delgado Gaitan22. Practicing Citizenship: Latino Parents Broadening Notions of Citizenship through Participatory ResearchEmma H. Fuentes23. From Hip-Hop to Humanization: Batey Urbano as a Space for Latino Youth Culture and Community ActionNilda Flores-Gonzalez, Matthew Rodriguez, and Michael Rodriguez-Muniz24. Nine Reflections for Academic ActivistsRaúl Fernández

Antonia Darder is the Leavey Endowed Chair in Ethics and Moral Leadership at Loyola Marymount University, USA. Rodolfo D. Torres is Professor of Planning, Policy & Design, and Political Science, University of California, Irvine, USA.

"A deeply relevant and useful reader that culls the best of scholarly approaches to discuss a myriad variety of issues that are relevant to understanding the complex dynamics of a growing Latina and Latino population."—Arturo J. Aldama, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

• TABLES OF CONTENTSI. HISTORY, POLITICS, & ECONOMICS1. The Ideology and Practice of Empire: The U.S., Mexico, and the Education of Mexican ImmigrantsGilbert G. Gonzalez2. Puerto Rican Politics in the United States: Examination of Major Perspectives and TheoriesEdgardo Melendez3. Latina/o: Historical and Material Dimensions Peter McLaren and Nathalia E. Jaramillo II. CONSTRUCTING IDENTITIES4. Movimiento de Rebeldia Y Las Culturas que TraicionanGloria Andualdua5. Latino/”Hispanic”—Who Needs a Name/: The Case against a Standardized Terminology Martha E. Gimenez6. Capitalist Schooling and Constructing Young Latino MasculinitiesRodolfo D. Torres and Alexandro Jose Gradilla7. Dis-connections in “American” Citizenship and the Post/neo-colonial: People of Mexican Descent and Whitestream Pedagogy and Curriculum.Luis UrrietaIII. LANGUAGE & SCHOOLING8. The Struggle for Language Rights: Naming and Interrogating the Colonial Legacy of “English Only”Lilia I. Bartolome9. The Politics of Restrictive Language Policies: A Postcolonial Analysis of Language and Schooling Antonia Darder and Miren Uriarte10. Como Hablar en Silencio (Like Speaking in Silence): Issues of Language, Culture, and Identity of Central Americans in Los AngelesMagaly Lavadenz11. Entre la Espada y la Pared: Critical Educators, Bilingual Education, and Education ReformEdward M. Olivos & Carmen E. Quintana de Valladolid IV. TRANSFORMING EPISTEMOLOGIES12. Toward an Epistemology of a Brown BodyCindy Cruz13. Thinking Latina/o Education with and from Chicana/Latina Feminist Cultural StudiesSofia Villenas14. (Re)Imagining New Narratives of Racial, Labor, and Environmental Power for Latina/o Students Yvette Lapayese V. EMANCIPATORY PEDAGOGIES15. RicanStructuring the Discourse and Promoting School Success: Extending a Theory for Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for DiasporicansJason G. Irizarry and Rene Antrop-Gonzalez16. A Social Justice Approach to Achievement: Guiding Latina/o Students Toward Educational Attainment with a Challenging, Socially Relevant CurriculumJulio Cammarota17. Critical Xicana/Xicano Educators: Is it enough to be a Person of Color?Margarita Ines Berta-AvilaVI. LATINO IMMIGRANT YOUTH18. Latino Youth: Immigration, Education, and the FuturePedro A. Noguera19. Swimming: On Oxygen, Resistance and Possibility for Immigrant Youth under Siege Michelle Fine, Reva Jaffe-Walter, Pedro Pedraza, Valerie Futch, & Brett Stoudt20. “I Can’t Go to College because I Don’t Have Papers”: Incorporation Patterns of Latino Undocumented YouthLeisy Janet Abrego VII. COMMUNITY, RESISTANCE, & ACTIVISM21. Culture, Literacy, and Power in Family-Community-School-RelationshipsConcha Delgado Gaitan22. Practicing Citizenship: Latino Parents Broadening Notions of Citizenship through Participatory ResearchEmma H. Fuentes23. From Hip-Hop to Humanization: Batey Urbano as a Space for Latino Youth Culture and Community ActionNilda Flores-Gonzalez, Matthew Rodriguez, and Michael Rodriguez-Muniz24. Nine Reflections for Academic ActivistsRaúl Fernández

Antonia Darder is the Leavey Endowed Chair in Ethics and Moral Leadership at Loyola Marymount University, USA. Rodolfo D. Torres is Professor of Planning, Policy & Design, and Political Science, University of California, Irvine, USA.

"A deeply relevant and useful reader that culls the best of scholarly approaches to discuss a myriad variety of issues that are relevant to understanding the complex dynamics of a growing Latina and Latino population."—Arturo J. Aldama, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

• TABLES OF CONTENTSI. HISTORY, POLITICS, & ECONOMICS1. The Ideology and Practice of Empire: The U.S., Mexico, and the Education of Mexican ImmigrantsGilbert G. Gonzalez2. Puerto Rican Politics in the United States: Examination of Major Perspectives and TheoriesEdgardo Melendez3. Latina/o: Historical and Material Dimensions Peter McLaren and Nathalia E. Jaramillo II. CONSTRUCTING IDENTITIES4. Movimiento de Rebeldia Y Las Culturas que TraicionanGloria Andualdua5. Latino/”Hispanic”—Who Needs a Name/: The Case against a Standardized Terminology Martha E. Gimenez6. Capitalist Schooling and Constructing Young Latino MasculinitiesRodolfo D. Torres and Alexandro Jose Gradilla7. Dis-connections in “American” Citizenship and the Post/neo-colonial: People of Mexican Descent and Whitestream Pedagogy and Curriculum.Luis UrrietaIII. LANGUAGE & SCHOOLING8. The Struggle for Language Rights: Naming and Interrogating the Colonial Legacy of “English Only”Lilia I. Bartolome9. The Politics of Restrictive Language Policies: A Postcolonial Analysis of Language and Schooling Antonia Darder and Miren Uriarte10. Como Hablar en Silencio (Like Speaking in Silence): Issues of Language, Culture, and Identity of Central Americans in Los AngelesMagaly Lavadenz11. Entre la Espada y la Pared: Critical Educators, Bilingual Education, and Education ReformEdward M. Olivos & Carmen E. Quintana de Valladolid IV. TRANSFORMING EPISTEMOLOGIES12. Toward an Epistemology of a Brown BodyCindy Cruz13. Thinking Latina/o Education with and from Chicana/Latina Feminist Cultural StudiesSofia Villenas14. (Re)Imagining New Narratives of Racial, Labor, and Environmental Power for Latina/o Students Yvette Lapayese V. EMANCIPATORY PEDAGOGIES15. RicanStructuring the Discourse and Promoting School Success: Extending a Theory for Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for DiasporicansJason G. Irizarry and Rene Antrop-Gonzalez16. A Social Justice Approach to Achievement: Guiding Latina/o Students Toward Educational Attainment with a Challenging, Socially Relevant CurriculumJulio Cammarota17. Critical Xicana/Xicano Educators: Is it enough to be a Person of Color?Margarita Ines Berta-AvilaVI. LATINO IMMIGRANT YOUTH18. Latino Youth: Immigration, Education, and the FuturePedro A. Noguera19. Swimming: On Oxygen, Resistance and Possibility for Immigrant Youth under Siege Michelle Fine, Reva Jaffe-Walter, Pedro Pedraza, Valerie Futch, & Brett Stoudt20. “I Can’t Go to College because I Don’t Have Papers”: Incorporation Patterns of Latino Undocumented YouthLeisy Janet Abrego VII. COMMUNITY, RESISTANCE, & ACTIVISM21. Culture, Literacy, and Power in Family-Community-School-RelationshipsConcha Delgado Gaitan22. Practicing Citizenship: Latino Parents Broadening Notions of Citizenship through Participatory ResearchEmma H. Fuentes23. From Hip-Hop to Humanization: Batey Urbano as a Space for Latino Youth Culture and Community ActionNilda Flores-Gonzalez, Matthew Rodriguez, and Michael Rodriguez-Muniz24. Nine Reflections for Academic ActivistsRaúl Fernández