Book Talk | Sin Padres, Ni Papeles
Join us to discuss Sin Padres, Ni Papeles by Stephanie Canizales, exploring unaccompanied migrant youth’s struggles, resilience, and hope.
Latinx Studies Paper Workshop ft. Professor Genevieve Carpio
Professor George Sánchez and the Latinx Writing Lab will host the first Latinx Studies Paper Workshop this Friday, September 20th! Please reach out to Dr. Sánchez at georges@usc.edu for a copy of Dr. Carpio’s paper prior to attending.
Call for Papers for Special Series On Latinos and the Right
The online site Latinx Talk for research, commentary, and creativity invites abstract submissions (300 words) for papers (2000 words) to be included in a special series on Latina/o/xs and the Right co-edited by Cecilia Márquez and Daniel Martinez HoSang.
For many, the emergence of “Latinos for Trump” in the 2016 and 2020 elections drew into sharp relief the important role Latinos were playing in right-wing politics. While historical work on conservative politics amongst Latinos suggests that this is not a new phenomenon, the past decade has marked a sea change in popular interest in Latinos involved in right wing politics. This growing interest comes, in part, from the growing electoral support of Republican candidates by Latino voters, the increasing number of Latinos running as GOP candidates themselves, and high profile moments like former President Donald Trump’s dinner with Neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio’s participation in the January 6th insurrection, and the explicitly white supremacist ideologies of the shooter in McAllen Texas. Essays in this collection will help us better understand the world of which these voters, politicians, and activists are a part.
This special series defines “the Right” broadly and welcomes papers that examine the range of political ideologies held by Latinos on the right. It is not bound by the category of “Republican” and is interested in Latino involvement in all kinds of right-wing political movements and formations. Political scientists, feminist scholars, historians, and others have long documented the varied political orientations within the Latino community. This series is interested in all forms of these right-wing ideologies even if they exist outside of the boundaries of electoral politics. This could include Latinos in mainstream Republican politics, right-wing movements, far-right movements, militia movements, digital conservatism, etc.
An important goal of this collection is to complicate our ideas of “Latino Politics” and “Latino Social Movements.” Generations of Ethnic Studies and Latino Studies scholars have carefully articulated the resilience, creativity, and dynamism of movements for social justice within Latino communities. Less, however, has been written about the conservative individuals and ideologies that have long also been a part of Latino community life.
Designed to reach a broader audience, these 2,000-word essays should make original scholarly contributions in addition to connecting to the broader frameworks necessary to understand Latino right-wing identity. Our goal is to create a set of texts that allows our students, colleagues, journalists, activists, and politicians to better understand this diverse and evolving group of Latinos.
