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"The present generation is carrying industrious America along the
road enriched by their sublime fathers; from Río Grande to the Straits of
Magellan, the Great Semí, astride its condor, is spreading the seed of the
new America over the romantic nations of the continent and the sorrowful
islands of the sea! "
—José Martí
This interdisciplinary conference adopts José Martí’s expansive hemispheric conception of "America" to explore implications of the growth of the U.S. Latino population at the cusp of the 21st century—a century that has seen Latinos/as become the largest ethnic minority in the United States. How have these shifting demographics affected communities, labor, politics, education, and cultural production in the U.S.? Panels will address issues of migration and immigration, transnationalism, education, the (re)formulation of racial and ethnic identities, Latinos/as and labor practices, militarization of the border, Latino consumer marketing, Latino media, Latinos/as and the law, political activism and coalition, immigrant rights struggles, community organizations serving Latino populations, and the impact of "Latinization" on U.S. culture.
Announcing the Katzman-Yetman Award for the best conference paper by a graduate student. Graduate students interested in submitting their papers for consideration must e-mail a copy of the paper to Marta Caminero-Santangelo by January 20, 2008, with the subject heading "graduate paper award" in the subject line of the e-mail. The winner will receive a prize of $250. This award is sponsored by MAASA (Mid-America American Studies Association).
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Helena María Viramontes, English/Creative Writing, Cornell
University;The Moths and Other Stories , Under the Feet of
Jesus , and Their Dogs Came with ThemPhoto credit: Marion Ettlinger |
Plenary Speakers |
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 Juan Flores, Latino Studies and Department of Social & Cultural Analysis,
New York University; From Bomba to Hip Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and
Latino Identity and Divided Borders: Essays on Puerto Rican Identity . |
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 Emma Pérez, Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder;Gulf
Dreams andThe Decolonial Imaginary: Writing Chicanas into History. |
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 Roberto Suro, Journalism, Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California; Strangers Among Us: Latino Lives in a Changing America and Watching America’s Door: The Immigration Backlash and the New Policy Debate. |
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 Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Sociology, University of Southern California; Doméstica: Immigrant Workers Cleaning and Caring in the Shadows of Affluence and Gendered Transitions: Mexican Experiences of Immigration. |
Luncheon Speaker: Suzanne Oboler, Puerto Rican/Latin American Studies, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York; Ethnic Labels, Latino Lives: Identity and the Politics of (Re)Presentation and (ed.) Latinos and Citizenship: The Dilemma of Belonging and Neither Enemies Nor Friends: Latinos, Blacks, Afro-Latinos. Editor of the journal Latino Studies.
Hosted by the University of Kansas Department of English in partnership with the Office of Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the Mid-America American Studies Association (MAASA).
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