Between El Barrio and the Academic: The Struggle for the Academic Space

Between El Barrio and the Academic: The Struggle for the Academic Space examines how public education has been historically used to assimilate Latin American diasporas to mainstream America culture, and how, in response, educators from different intellectual traditions have resisted these neocolonial and homogenizing impulses. To chronicle the class between assimilationist and anti-assimilationist forces, Between El Barrio and the Academic reviews the passing of critical legislation such as the Arizona’s 2010 Ban on Ethnic Studies (HB 2281), as well as the work of Chican@ and Mexican American activists, Latinx intellectuals, and postcolonial educators and artists.