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Author:

Carreira, María.

Title:

Voces : Latino students on life in the United States / Maria M. Carreira and Tom Beeman.

Publisher:

Praegeran imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xi, 183 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Hispanic American youth--Attitudes.
Hispanic American youth--Ethnic identity.
Hispanic American youth--Social conditions.
United States--Ethnic relations.

Other Authors:

Beeman, Tom.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Voces from school -- Voces about language -- Voces about culture -- Voces about family -- Family life, Latino-American style.

Summary:

With a large percentage of public school students being Latino, the future of America is intertwined with that of Latino youth and their educational experience. Voces presents real-world experiences and individual perspectives of Latino college students. They reveal the rewards and challenges of navigating two cultures and languages in school, home, and their communities and offer suggestions for how best to help other Latino youth. Student contributions are analyzed against a backdrop of information about Latino Americans: demographics, Spanish-English bilingualism, beliefs, traditions, and cultural practices, with special emphasis on factors that bear on the academic and social wellbeing of Latino youth.

ISBN:

144080351X (hard copy : alk. paper)
9781440803512 (hard copy : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2014024805

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)