Sunbelt Diaspora
University of Texas Press (Verlag)
978-1-4773-2045-7 (ISBN)
An in-depth look at an emerging Latino presence in Orlando, Florida, where Puerto Ricans and others navigate differences of race, class, and place of origin in their struggle for social, economic, and political belonging.
Puerto Ricans make up half of Orlando-area Latinos, arriving from Puerto Rico as well as from other long-established diaspora communities to a place where Latino politics has long been about Cubans in Miami. Together with other Latinos from multiple places, Puerto Ricans bring diverse experiences of race and class to this Sunbelt city. Tracing the emergence of the Puerto Rican and Latino presence in Orlando from the 1940s through an ethnographic moment of twenty-first-century electoral redistricting, Sunbelt Diaspora provides a timely prism for viewing how differences of race, class, and place play out in struggles to claim political, social, and economic ground for Latinos.
Drawing on over a decade of ethnographic, oral history, and archival research, Patricia Silver situates her findings in Orlando’s historically black-white racial landscape, post-1960s claims to “color-blindness,” and neoliberal celebrations of individualism. Through the voices of diverse participants, Silver brings anthropological attention to the question of how social difference affects collective identification and political practice. Sunbelt Diaspora asks what constitutes community and how criteria for membership and legitimate representation are negotiated.
Patricia Silver is an anthropologist affiliated with the National Coalition of Independent Scholars. For more than a decade, she has conducted ethnographic, oral history, and archival research about Puerto Rican experiences in Orlando, with an emphasis on sociocultural heterogeneity and collective identification. Silver holds a PhD in cultural anthropology from American University. She has published her findings in numerous academic journals and authored expert testimony as part of a 2014 federal case against Orange County, Florida, for diluting the Latino vote during redistricting.
List of Maps, Tables, and Charts
Preface. For Orlando Readers
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Race, Class, Place, and Politics in a New Puerto Rican Diaspora
Part I. Puerto Rican Orlando
Chapter 1. Between Black and White: Geography, Demography, and Political Place
Chapter 2. Hidden Histories in the New Orlando: Colonial Migrations, Color-Blind Multiculturalism, and Natural Neoliberalism
Part II. Difference and the Incompleteness of Political Community Formation
Chapter 3. “You Don’t Look Puerto Rican”: Race, Class, and Memories of Place in Orlando
Chapter 4. Enough Is Enough: Memory, Political Formations, and Participatory Citizenship
Chapter 5. “This Building Is Our Island”: Seen and Unseen in Orlando
Part III. The Case of Redistricting in Orange County, Florida
Chapter 6. Divided by Beans: Difference and Political Community Formation
Chapter 7. Four Districts for Americans: Mapping Community in Orange County
Conclusion. Navigating Ambiguity in the Interests of Community
Epilogue. “Things Will Be Different Now”
Appendix. Oral History Collections and Orange County Board of County Commissioners Proceedings
Notes
References
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.04.2020 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Historia USA |
| Verlagsort | Austin, TX |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 626 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4773-2045-8 / 1477320458 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4773-2045-7 / 9781477320457 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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