Latino urban ethnography and the work of Elena Padilla /edited by Mérida M. Rúa.

Latino urban ethnography and the work of Elena Padilla /edited by Mérida M. Rúa. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource. - Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction. At the crossroads of urban ethnography and Puerto Rican Latinidad / Part I. Puerto Rican immigrants in New York and Chicago: a study in comparative assimilation / Part 2. Reflections on Puerto Rican immigrants in New York and Chicago ; Puerto Rican "spatio-temporal rhythms" of housing and work / Mérida M. Rúa and Arlene Torres -- Elena Padilla. Prologue. Looking back and thinking forward ; Preface ; I. Acculturation and assimilation ; II. Methods ; III. Background of the Puerto Rican migrants ; IV. The Puerto Rican migrants in New York City ; V. The Puerto Rican Migrants in Chicago ; VI. Conclusions ; Bibliography -- Zaire Zenit Dinzey-Flores ; Footnotes of social justice: Elena Padilla and Chicago Puerto Rican communities / Mérida M. Rúa ; "White" Puerto Rican migrants, the Mexican colony, "Americanization," and Latino history / Nicholas De Genova ; Gendering "Latino public intellectuals": Personal narratives in the ethnography of Elena Padilla / Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas



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Padilla, Elena, 1923-


Puerto Ricans--Cultural assimilation--New York (State)--New York.
Puerto Ricans--Cultural assimilation--Illinois--Chicago.
Puerto Ricans--Social conditions.--New York (State)--New York
Puerto Ricans--Social conditions.--Illinois--Chicago


Electronic Books.

F128 / .L385 2010