Latinas/os on the East Coast

Yolanda Jolie Medina holds a PhD in cultural studies in education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is an associate professor at Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY and the founder of the Santo Rico Kids Cultural Center, a nonprofit organization in Spanish Harlem that provides Latin dance instructions to children. She is the author of Critical Aesthetic Pedagogy: Toward a Theory of Self and Social Empowerment and has also published on critical pedagogy, art education, cultural studies, and social justice. ngeles Donoso Macaya holds a PhD in Hispanic languages and literatures from Washington University in St. Louis and is an assistant professor at Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY. Her research pays special attention to the meanings and methods of collaborative practices between artistic media and their audiences. She has published articles on contemporary Latin American literature, queer studies, animal studies, visual studies, and photography.

Contents: ngeles Donoso Macaya: Latina/o Studies: The Emergence and Transformation of a Field Siro del Castillo: A Plea to Destigmatize Mariel Gabriel Haslip-Viera: The Evolution of the Latino Community in New York City Ramona Hernndez: The Great Exodus: Its Roots Kaity Modesto: Our Heights Story: Exploring the Dominican Community in Washington Heights from 1992 to 2013 Ana Cristina Braga Martes (translated by Allan Vidigal): Neither Hispanic, nor Black: Were Brazilian David Carey, Jr.: Situating Latino Voices in a New England Community Katherine M. Conway/Alyse C. Hachey/Claire Wladis: A New Diaspora: Latina/os in the Online Environment Rebecca Garte: The Family in the Classroom: How a Culturally Valid Learning Community Transforms the Identity of Latina/o College Students Donna M. Harris/Judy Marquez Kiyama: Making Visible the Invisible: Latina/o Students Insights about the Resources for and Barriers to High School Persistence Dina Lopez: Immigrant Identities in Transnational Contexts: The Figured World of a New York City English Literacy and Civics Education Classroom Stanton Wortham/Katherine Clonan-Roy/Holly Link/Carlos Martnez: The New Latino Diaspora Luisa N. Borrell/Clara Rodrguez: The Implications and Impact of Race on the Health of Hispanic/Latino Males Anah Viladrich: Botnicas in Americas Backyard: Uncovering the World of Latino Healers Herb-healing Practices in New York City Yolanda Prieto: Women Leave Home for the Factory: Gender, Work, and Family Rosie M. Soy/Stefan Bosworth: Dominican Women Across Three Generations: Educational Dreams, Goals and Hopes Ginetta E.B. Candelario: They Are Taken into Account for Their Opinions: Making Community and Displaying Identity at a Dominican Beauty Shop in New York City Luis Aponte-Pars: Outside/In: Crossing Queer and Latino Boundaries Carlos Ulises Decena: Tacit Subjects Ramn H. Rivera-Servera: Building Home: Arthur Aviless Choreography of the Public Sphere Lillian Jimnez: From the Margin to the Center: Puerto Rican Cinema in New York Isabel Molina Guzmn: Policing the Latina/o Other: Latinidad in Prime-Time News Coverage of the Elin Gonzlez Story Frank M. Figueroa: New Yorks Latin Music Landmarks Sydney Hutchinson: Merengue Tpico in New York City: A History Frances Negrn-Mutaner: The Writing on the Wall: The Life and Passion of Jean-Michel Basquiat Miriam DeCosta-Willis: Sandra Mara Estevess Nuyorican Poetics: The Signifying Difference Aitor Ibarrola-Armendariz: Dominican-American Auto-Ethnographies: Considering the Boundaries of Self-Representation in Julia lvarez and Junot Daz Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes: Womens Bodies, Lesbian Passions.