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Latina/o Discourse in Vernacular Spaces: Somos de Una Voz?

Posted By: DZ123
Latina/o Discourse in Vernacular Spaces: Somos de Una Voz?

Michelle A. Holling, Bernadette M. Calafell, Claudia Anguiano, "Latina/o Discourse in Vernacular Spaces: Somos de Una Voz?"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 0739146483 | PDF | pages: 303 | 1.7 mb

Taking up the charge to study discourses of marginalized groups, while simultaneously extending scholarship about Latina/os in the field of Communication, Latina/o Discourse in Vernacular Spaces: Somos de Una Voz? provides the most current work examining the vernacular voices of Latina/os. The editors of this diverse collection structure the book along four topics―Locating Foundations, Citizenship and Belonging, The Politics of Self-Representation, and Trans/National Voces―that are guided by the organizing principle of voz/voces [voice/voces]. Voz/voces resonates not only in intellectual endeavors but also in public arenas in which perceptions of Latina/os' being of one voice circulate. The study of voz/voces proceeds from a variety of sites including cultural myth, social movement, music, testimonios, a website, and autoethnographic performance. By questioning and addressing the politics of voz/voces, the essays collectively underscore the complexity that shapes Latina/o multivocality. Ultimately, the contours of Latina/o vernacular expressions call attention to the ways that these unique communities continue to craft identities that transform social understandings of who Latina/os are, to engage in forms of resistance that alter relations of power, and to challenge self- and dominant representations.