Our epic 2014 summer reading list
Our epic 2014 summer reading list
- May 22, 2014
- Research by Jennifer Lee, sociology professor, is featured by Zocalo Public Square May 22, 2014
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From Zocalo Public Square:
Jennifer Lee, Author of Civility in the City and University of California, Irvine
sociologist. Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats, and Media Constructed
a New American by G. Cristina Mora…. Mora deftly explains how the “Hispanic” category
emerged as a result of institutional actors such as political activists, Spanish-language
media, and the U.S. Census Bureau, who recognized the advantages of amalgamating diverse
national origin groups into a broad pan-ethnic label.
For the full story, please visit http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2014/05/22/our-epic-2014-summer-readin....
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