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Author Gracia, Jorge J. E

Title Latinos in America : Philosophy and Social Identity
Published Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (270 pages)
Contents Latinos in America: Philosophy and Social Identity; Contents; Preface: The Latino Challenge; I Latino/a Identities; 1 Identities: General and Particular; 2 Individuation: Circularity and Demarcation; 3 Labels: Politics and Names; II Latinos/as in Society; 4 Marketplace: Survival and Flourishing; 5 Affirmative Action: Meaning and Justification; 6 Linguistic Rights: Language and Children; III Latino/a Philosophy; 7 Philosophy: Latino vs American; 8 Canon: Place and Future; 9 History: Role and Approach; Conclusion: Latinos in America; Bibliography; Index
Summary A first-of-its-kind book that seriously and profoundly examines what it means philosophically to be Latino and where Latinos fit in American society.:.; Offers a fresh perspective and clearer understanding of Latin American thought and culture, rejecting. answers based on stereotypes and fear.; Takes an interdisciplinary approach to the philosophical, social, and political elements of Hispanic/Latino. identity, touching upon anthropology, history, cultural studies and sociology, as well as philosophy.; Written by Jorge J.E. Gracia, one of the most influential thinkers of Hispanic/Latino desce
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Subject Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity.
Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions
Hispanic Americans -- Philosophy
Ethnicity -- United States -- Philosophy
Citizenship -- United States -- Philosophy
Citizenship -- Philosophy.
Ethnicity -- Philosophy.
Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity.
Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions.
SUBJECT United States -- Ethnic relations -- Philosophy
Subject United States.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780470695746
0470695749
1282010859
9781282010857