Chicago Latina Trailblazers: Testimonios of Political Activism

Edited by Rita D. Hernández, Leticia Villarreal Sosa, Elena R. Gutiérrez

An eyewitness view of an unknown history, Chicago Latina Trailblazers reveals the vision and passion that fueled a group of women in the vanguard of reform.

Chicana Liberation: Women and Mexican American Politics in Los Angeles, 1945-1981

By Marisela R. Chávez

Vivid and compelling, Chicana Liberation reveals the remarkable range of political beliefs and life experiences behind a new activism and feminism shaped by Mexican American women.

Utah Historical Quarterly 

“Mi América: The Evolution of An American Family” by Manuel Romero  

Five hundred years ago, Romero’s ancestors left Spain to explore the Americas, becoming citizens of three different countries without ever leaving their homes in present-day New Mexico. Finally, after their people had lived and survived for 350 years in Nuevo México, his parents, Rodolfo Romero and Amelia Madrid, left the Land of Enchantment for the land of Zion: Utah. As a part of a special issue focused on Mexican and Hispanic communities in Utah, Romero traces his family’s history.

Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin

By Sergio M. González

Perceptive and original, Strangers No Longer reframes the history of Latinos in Wisconsin by revealing religion’s central role in the settlement experience of immigrants, migrants, and refugees.

Race in the Multiethnic Literature Classroom

Edited by Cristina Stanciu and Gary Totten

The contemporary rethinking and relearning of history and racism has sparked creative approaches for teaching the histories and representations of marginalized communities. Cristina Stanciu and Gary Totten edit a collection that illuminates these ideas for a variety of fields, areas of education, and institutional contexts.

Ethnomusicology

“‘Now We’re Actually?Playing?Music’:?Sones?and Parental Transformation in Mexican Chicago” by Joseph Maurer 

This article examines an under-studied side of the US-based revival of Mexican sones revival: parents and young children at a recently established Mexican Music School in Chicago. This type of institution is proliferating across many ethnic communities and musical traditions in US cities. This article shows how such programs can have unexpected transformative effects while bringing new populations into a music revival movement.

Human Rights Counterpublics in Perú: Contesting Tiers of Citizenship

By Sylvanna M. Falcon

Engaging and intimate, Human Rights Counterpublics in Perú illuminates the power of human rights and memory work.

Journal of American Ethnic History 

“Informality, Recurseo, and Entrepreneurship among Peruvians in Paterson, New Jersey, 1960–2001” by Gianncarlo Muschi

This article demonstrates how Peruvians in Paterson, New Jersey, have utilized entrepreneurship and informality to establish the first and most visible enclave of Peruvians in the United States since the 1960s. Central to this story is the concept of recurseo, a slang word used to describe the informal and creative means in which Peruvians utilize their labor experiences and kinship ties for self-employment.

Postconflict Utopias: Everyday Survival in Choco, Colombia

By Tania Lizarazo

A merger of storytelling and theory, Postconflict Utopias explores the links between lived knowledge and survival while revealing the power unleashed when women ask the simple question, “Why not?”

Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education 

“‘It’s More Than Playing Music’: Exploring Band in a Predominantly Latinx Community” by Crystal Lynn Gerrard 

Drawing from barrio-based epistemologies and ontologies as a theoretical framework, Gerrard examined a middle school band program with a high enrollment of Latinx students to explore the compatibility of the traditional concert band model with this population of youth. Implications from this study provide insights for improving music education practices in Latinx communities, such as the importance of reducing language barriers, supporting students’ cultural identities, and developing an awareness of sociopolitical issues that significantly impact the daily lives and well-being of students and their families.

Forever Familias: Race, Gender, and Indigeneity in Peruvian Mormonism

By Jason Palmer

Peruvian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints face the dilemma of embracing their faith while finding space to nourish their Peruvianness. Jason Palmer draws on eight years of fieldwork to provide an on-the-ground look at the relationship between Peruvian Saints and the racial and gender complexities of the contemporary Church.