Reactive Ethnic Formations and Panethnic Identities: The Creation of Latinos in the United States

This article delves into the complexity of ethnic identities in different national spaces and explores the emergence of panethnicity in the United States, which has become a phenomenon of significant sociological importance since the early 1970s. Specifically, it explores how individuals from Mexico...

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Main Author: Ramón A. Gutiérrez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses universitaires de Rennes 2013-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/lisa/5279
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description This article delves into the complexity of ethnic identities in different national spaces and explores the emergence of panethnicity in the United States, which has become a phenomenon of significant sociological importance since the early 1970s. Specifically, it explores how individuals from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central America and South America came to think of themselves as tied politically as Latinos. This essay argues that such panethnicity can come from above, from state action to gather distinct national and ethnic identities, or it can come from below, from communities that band together for a common purpose.
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spelling doaj-art-70d9fbbdd98e4d4aa9ac7a0e0f6b1a5f2025-01-06T09:03:14ZengPresses universitaires de RennesRevue LISA1762-61532013-06-0111210.4000/lisa.5279Reactive Ethnic Formations and Panethnic Identities: The Creation of Latinos in the United StatesRamón A. GutiérrezThis article delves into the complexity of ethnic identities in different national spaces and explores the emergence of panethnicity in the United States, which has become a phenomenon of significant sociological importance since the early 1970s. Specifically, it explores how individuals from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central America and South America came to think of themselves as tied politically as Latinos. This essay argues that such panethnicity can come from above, from state action to gather distinct national and ethnic identities, or it can come from below, from communities that band together for a common purpose.https://journals.openedition.org/lisa/5279ethnicitynationalityLatinospanethnicityMexican Americans
spellingShingle Ramón A. Gutiérrez
Reactive Ethnic Formations and Panethnic Identities: The Creation of Latinos in the United States
Revue LISA
ethnicity
nationality
Latinos
panethnicity
Mexican Americans
title Reactive Ethnic Formations and Panethnic Identities: The Creation of Latinos in the United States
title_full Reactive Ethnic Formations and Panethnic Identities: The Creation of Latinos in the United States
title_fullStr Reactive Ethnic Formations and Panethnic Identities: The Creation of Latinos in the United States
title_full_unstemmed Reactive Ethnic Formations and Panethnic Identities: The Creation of Latinos in the United States
title_short Reactive Ethnic Formations and Panethnic Identities: The Creation of Latinos in the United States
title_sort reactive ethnic formations and panethnic identities the creation of latinos in the united states
topic ethnicity
nationality
Latinos
panethnicity
Mexican Americans
url https://journals.openedition.org/lisa/5279
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