Latinas/os in New Jersey

ALDO A. LAURIA SANTIAGO is a professor in the Departments of Latino and Caribbean Studies and History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. He is the co-author of Rethinking the Struggle for Puerto Rican Rights. At Rutgers he directs the Center for Latin American Studies and co-coordinates the Latino Studies Research Initiative.ULLA D. BERG is an associate professor in the Departments of Latino and Caribbean Studies and Anthropology at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She is the author of Mobile Selves: Race, Migration and Belonging Between Peru and the US.OLGA JIMENEZ de WAGENHEIM is a professor emerita in history at Rutgers University, Newark, where she taught and mentored for more than twenty years. She is the author of The Puerto Ricans: A Documentary History and Puerto Rico’s Revolt for Independence.

“A compilation of deeply researched writings that explore a wide range of topics about New Jersey's Latinos and Latinas, including their migration from the cities to the suburbs and the experience of undocumented communities who eventually found acceptance in the state.” (The Record/NorthJersey.com) "An overdue, comprehensive book on New Jersey's Latinos. Covering ethnicities, subcultures, cities, and a range of current issues, the volume analyses this diverse group—one-fifth of the state's population—and its challenges, hopes, and contributions. Educators, students, and policy makers will benefit from this rich collection of histories and analyses. The future of the Garden State can be gleaned from the accounts in this wonderful volume.” - Andrés Torres (editor of Latinos in New England) "The editors not only provide up-to-date research on the demographic profile and trends among Latinos in New Jersey but dare to venture further into the realms of the social sciences, history, education, and art and culture and to put them each in conversation with one another. No other source has ever engaged with Latinos in the Garden State as deeply or profoundly." - Ramona Hernández (author of The Mobility of Workers under Advanced Capitalism: Dominican Migration to the United State)

• PrefaceOLGA JIMÉNEZ DE WAGENHEIM Introduction: Framing Latinos in New Jersey: From Invisibility to EmpowermentALDO A . LAURIA SANTIAGO AND ULLA D. BERG Part I Spaces and Places1 Latino New Jersey: A Demographic and Geographic PortraitRAYMOND SÁNCHEZ MAYERS, LYNA L. WIGGINS, ELSA CANDELARIO, AND LAURA CURRAN 2 Latino Segregation across New Jersey Counties: Are Latino Groups Becoming More or Less Residentially Segregated during the Last Four Decades?GIOVANI BURGOS, ALEX F. TRILLO, AND ANIL VENKATESH 3 The Gateway Reconsidered: The Paradox of Latinx Barrioization in a Connected MetropolisJOHANA LONDOÑO 4 From Havana on the Hudson to Bolivar’s Enclave: Change, Solidarity, and Conflict in Pan-Latinx SpaceALEX F. TRILLO AND JENNIFER AYALA 5 “Aggressive Newark”: Puerto Ricans, Brazilians, and Structuring Feelings under NeoliberalismANA Y. RAMOS-ZAYAS Part II Histories6 Peruvians in Paterson, New Jersey, 1920–1950GIANNCARLO MUSCHI 7 “A Recoger Tomates”: Puerto Rican Farmworkers in the Garden State, 1940s–1980sISMAEL GARCÍA COLÓN AND WILLIAM SUÁREZ GÓMEZ 8 Puerto Ricans in New Jersey: Migration, Settlement, and Work, 1940s–1980sALDO A . LAURIA SANTIAGO 9 A Century of Cuban Music in New JerseyBENJAMIN LAPIDUS Part III Experiences10 Mexican Immigrants Fighting for Educational Justice: Community Activism to Save a New Brunswick Public SchoolLILIA FERNÁNDEZ 11 Forgotten Voices: Gender and Social Networks in Paterson’s Peruvian CommunityELENA SABOGAL 12 “La Iglesia CatÓlica es Mi Comunidad”: A Union City Latinx Destination from Arrival to Old AgeMELANIE Z. PLASENCIA13 Parque Oaxaca/JoterÍa: Trans Latina History in New Brunswick from Urban Renewal to the Coronavirus PandemicDANIELA VALDES Part IV Institutions14 Reverse Diasporas: Immigrant Detention, Deportation, and Latinx Communities in New Jersey and South AmericaULLA D. BERG 15 Latinx LGBTQ Students and Placemaking in School: Voguing and Ball Culture at Elizabeth High, 1989–1994YAMIL AVIVI 16 From Puerto Rican to Latino Studies at Rutgers University: Fifty Years of Student ActivismKATHLEEN LÓPEZ Notes on ContributorsIndex