Latina/o/x Communication Studies

Leandra H. Hernández is assistant professor of communication at Utah Valley University.Diana I. Bowen is assistant professor of communication at Pepperdine University.Sarah De Los Santos Upton is assistant professor of communication at the University of Texas at El Paso.Amanda R. Martinez is associate professor of communication studies and Sociology at Davidson College.

Latina/o/x Communication Studies: Theories, Methods and Practice gives a comprehensive look at the varied landscape that is Latina/o/x studies in the field of communication. The editors and contributors bring readers through a variety of topics, doing a fully-researched deep dive and do an excellent job addressing an important, and often understudied, area. This book is a valuable resource for all scholars who are seeking to have a firm understanding of the importance and pervasiveness of Latina/o/x Communication Studies. Well written and well-constructed, this book is a reminder of the cultural values implicitly embedded in how scholars do what we do.

• Introduction: Latina/o/x Communication Studies: Current Considerations & Future DirectionsChapter 1: Deconstructing “Build That Wall”: A Latina/o Critical Communication Theory AnalysisChapter 2: Linguistic Capital: Latinx and English/Spanish Language FluencyChapter 3: Latinidad, Heterogeneity, and Health Communication Scholarship: A Literature Review Analysis of Latina/o/x RepresentationChapter 4: Evaluating a Webnovela’s Effectiveness of HPV Vaccine Promotion among LatinasChapter 5: A Latina Captain: Decentering Latinidad Through Audience Constructions in DexterChapter 6: El Chamizal: Cementing National Identity with a Concrete Canal on the México/U.S. BorderChapter 7: Visions of the Border in Mexican Political CartoonsChapter 8: Buen Vivir: Indigeneity, Environmental Activism, and Decolonial OrganizingChapter 9: Nepantla Activism in Braiding Borders+Trenzando FronterasChapter 10: Towards a Borderland Oratory: Within, Against, & Beyond Con Carácter, Ánimo, Y GritoChapter 11: First-Generation Chicana/o Student Activism: A Narrative Analysis of the Impacts on Retention and MatriculationChapter 12: On the Specters of Coloniality / A Letter to Latina/o/x Students Journeying through the Educational PipelineChapter 13: Vernaculars of Nos/Otros: A Collaborative Autoethnography of MentoringChapter 14: Lessons from My Battle Scars: Testimonio’s Transformative Possibilities for Theory and PracticeConclusion: The Futures of Latina/o/x Communication Studies: A Plática with Senior Scholars