{"product_id":"being-brown-sonia-sotomayor-and-the-latino-questionvolume-9-9780520300897","title":"Being Brown: Sonia Sotomayor and the Latino Questionvolume 9","description":"\u003ci\u003eBeing Brown: Sonia Sotomayor and the Latino Question \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of the country's first Latina Supreme Court Associate Justice's rise to the pinnacle of American public life at a moment of profound demographic and political transformation. While Sotomayor's confirmation appeared to signal the greater acceptance and inclusion of Latinos--the nation's largest \"minority majority\"--the uncritical embrace of her status as a \"possibility model\" and icon paradoxically erased the fact that her success was due to civil rights policies and safeguards that no longer existed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeing Brown \u003c\/i\u003eanalyzes Sotomayor's story of success and accomplishment, despite seemingly insurmountable odds, in order to ask: What do we lose in democratic practice when we allow symbolic inclusion to supplant the work of meaningful political enfranchisement? In a historical moment of resurgent racism, unrelenting Latino bashing, and previously unimaginable \"blood and soil\" Nazism, \u003ci\u003eBeing Brown \u003c\/i\u003eexplains what we stand to lose when we allow democratic values to be trampled for the sake of political expediency, and demonstrates how understanding \"the Latino question\" can fortify democratic practice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeing Brown \u003c\/i\u003eprovides the historical vocabulary for understanding why the Latino body politic is central to the country's future and why Sonia Sotomayor's biography provides an important window into understanding America, and the country's largest minority majority, at this historical juncture. In the process, \u003ci\u003eBeing Brown \u003c\/i\u003ecounters \"alternative facts\" with historical precision and ethical clarity to invigorate the best of democratic practice at a historical moment when we need it most. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13317308\"\u003eLázaro Lima\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520300897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520300890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS054000\"\u003eSocial History\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC044000\"\u003eEthnic Studies | American | Hispanic American Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO020000\"\u003eLawyers \u0026amp; Judges\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLázaro Lima\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Latino Studies in the Department of Africana, Puerto Rican, and Latino Studies at Hunter College, CUNY. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Latino Body: Crisis Identities in American Literary and Cultural Memory\u003c\/i\u003e and the coeditor, with Felice Picano, of \u003ci\u003eAmbientes: New Queer Latino Writing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43835499872395,"sku":"9780520300897","price":31.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_a5faeb3a-7975-4639-bfa3-9c9dc89be905.jpg?v=1755668127","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/being-brown-sonia-sotomayor-and-the-latino-questionvolume-9-9780520300897","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}