Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/richard_d_pineda Recent documents in Richard D. Pineda en-us Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:55:40 PDT 3600 http://works.bepress.com/richard_d_pineda/7 http://works.bepress.com/richard_d_pineda/7 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:53:09 PDT Muted Voices: Latinos and the 2000 Elections. Edited by Rodolfo O. de la Garza and Louis DeSipio. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2005; pp. ix-276. $29.95 paper. Richard D. Pineda Book Reviews http://works.bepress.com/richard_d_pineda/6 http://works.bepress.com/richard_d_pineda/6 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:50:44 PDT Peter Andreas. Border Games: Policing the U.S.-Mexico Divide. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2000. ix-152 pages. Notes and index. $39.95. Richard D. Pineda Book Reviews http://works.bepress.com/richard_d_pineda/5 http://works.bepress.com/richard_d_pineda/5 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:51:48 PDT Richard D. Pineda Lectures http://works.bepress.com/richard_d_pineda/4 http://works.bepress.com/richard_d_pineda/4 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:40:38 PDT The Latina/o community is in the midst of a major demographic shift upwards- Along with this population growth, there has been an explosion of Latina,/os across the spectrum of popular culture. However, lack of access to mass-media outlets and social constructions in mainstream society pose obstacles to Latina/o freedom of expression. Meanwhile, the Internet is evolving into a powerful platform for communication and freedom of speech- By developing a stronger Latina/o presence online, it may be possible to channel the power of the Internet as a vehicle for empowerment, expression and freedom of speech. Richard D. Pineda Articles http://works.bepress.com/richard_d_pineda/3 http://works.bepress.com/richard_d_pineda/3 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:30:44 PDT Richard D. Pineda Articles http://works.bepress.com/richard_d_pineda/2 http://works.bepress.com/richard_d_pineda/2 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:47:35 PDT During the 2006 immigration rallies and demonstrations, hundreds of thousands of immigrants and their supporters tumed out to protest proposed immigration legislation. Flag waving was a key element of these demonstrations, in which participants employed both the U.S. flag and other national flags, most prominently Mexican flags. In this essay, we examine how flag waving functions as a visual argument that offers possibilities for establishing cultural and national citizenship and creating a visual form of refutation. Specifically, we argue that anti-immigration advocates see foreign flags as visual ideographs that represent recent immigrants' failure to assimilate, immigrants' deviant cultural practices, and failure of law enforcement. Immigrant rights advocates see foreign fkgs as a visual ideograph that represents cultural pride, unity, and civic participation that creates space for cultural citizenship. These oppositional tensions aeate a framework for understanding flag waving as a refutative process. Richard D. Pineda Articles http://works.bepress.com/richard_d_pineda/1 http://works.bepress.com/richard_d_pineda/1 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:37:18 PDT Los Lobos' album The Town and The City represents a lyrical narrative and performance of journey. The album's strength and appeal is that it offers a poignant commentary on journey at time when the odyssey undertaken by immigrants to the United States are often demonized, misunderstood, or purposefully manipulated for political benefit. I argue in this essay that the Los Lobos album illustrates and complicates the performance of Chicana/o identity, mestizaje, and hybridity through the metaphor of journey. This metaphorical journey is represented as both a process and event that establishes a sense of connectivity for audiences. Richard D. Pineda Articles