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“What the book does—with a lot of rich historical material—is question the staple of thinking in America through the filter of white and black. The book does that by delving into the identity formations and the cultural quest of the 17 per cent of America’s population that comes from Hispanic backgrounds. Morales traces the history of their migration from different central and Latin American countries and views the resulting cultural practices and subject positions as one of ‘mestizaje’ or mixedness and hybridity.” Read more...
