Gina M Pérez
Biographic Data
| ID | 109315 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gina M Pérez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gina M |
| FAMILY NAME | Pérez |
| SIGNATURE | PÉREZ G M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oberlin College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sanctuary People: Faith-Based Organizing in Latina/o Communities
Explores ways faith communities offer protection and services for Latina/o communities The New Sanctuary Movement is a network of faith-based organizations committed to offering safe haven to those in danger, often in churches, often outside the law, and often at risk to themselves. The practice of sanctuary, with its capacity to provide safety, shelter, and protection to society's most vulnerable, gained significant prominence after the 2016 pre…
Cultivating hope through creative resistance: Puerto Rican undergraduates surviving the disasters of climate and colonization
This article details what occurred during a youth participatory action research (YPAR) project involving Puerto Rican undergraduates who at first focused their analysis on how their experiences with Hurricane María could be framed as resiliency and then eventually adopted a framework of resistance to further capture their actions, stances, and practices in response to government neglect. The YPAR generative process facilitated this emergence of r…
Alla in a Time of Uncertainty
Latinx Communities Organize and Resist
Citizen, Student, Soldier: Latina/o Youth, JROTC, and the American Dream
Since the 1990s, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) programs have experienced unprecedented expansion in American public schools. The program and its proliferation in poor, urban schools districts with large numbers of Latina/o and African American students is not without controversy. Public support is often based on the belief that the program provides much-needed discipline for "at risk" youth. Meanwhile, critics of JROTC argue that …
Latinos, militarism, and militarization
A report from the field Latina/o youth, JROTC and ethnographic practice
Beyond El Barrio: Everyday Life in Latina/o America
Methodological Gifts in Latina/o Studies and Feminist Anthropology
The Near Northwest Side Story
How a Scholarship Girl Becomes a Soldier: The Militarization of Latina/O Youth in Chicago Public Schools
Like many working-class communities, Chicago Puerto Ricans have a complicated relationship with the United States military. This article explores ethnographically how Latina/o youth in Chicago public schools come to decisions regarding their participation in Junior Reserve Officer Training Programs. While limited economic opportunities certainly inform these decisions, Latina/o youth and their parents are also influenced by gendered understanding…
Boricuas in Gotham: Puerto Ricans in the Making of Modern New York City
Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the Neoliberal City
"Puertorriquenas Rencorosas y Mejicanas Sufridas": Gendered Ethnic Identity Formation in Chicago's Latino Communities
"Puertorriqueñas Rencorosas y Mejicanas Sufridas": Gendered Ethnic Identity Formation in Chicago's Latino Communities
Este artículo argumenta que, a pesar de los distintos intentos institucionales por forjar una identidad latina, las mujeres puertorriqueñas y mejicanas adoptan frecuentemente una identidad nacional para configurar nociones dicótomas del "ser" y el "otro," basadas en valores culturales "patentes," que son a su vez, utilizados para explicar el éxito o el fracaso de éstas en el ámbito laboral, familiar o comunitario. Basado en una investigación etno…
A Tale of Two Barrios: Puerto Rican Youth and the Politics of Belonging
Teaching Social Theory through Students' Participant-Observation
L'A. montre que l'observation participante peut permettre aux etudiants en sociologie de mieux saisir le fondement et la nature des theories sociologiques. Il presente une experience pedagogique menee en ce domaine a l'Universite de Chicago, qui preconise la participation des etudiants a des stages au sein de services sociaux
Teaching Social Theory through Students' Participant-Observation
L'A. montre que l'observation participante peut permettre aux etudiants en sociologie de mieux saisir le fondement et la nature des theories sociologiques. Il presente une experience pedagogique menee en ce domaine a l'Universite de Chicago, qui preconise la participation des etudiants a des stages au sein de services sociaux
Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the Neoliberal City
Teaching Social Theory through Students' Participant-Observation
L'A. montre que l'observation participante peut permettre aux etudiants en sociologie de mieux saisir le fondement et la nature des theories sociologiques. Il presente une experience pedagogique menee en ce domaine a l'Universite de Chicago, qui preconise la participation des etudiants a des stages au sein de services sociaux
A Tale of Two Barrios: Puerto Rican Youth and the Politics of Belonging
"Puertorriquenas Rencorosas y Mejicanas Sufridas": Gendered Ethnic Identity Formation in Chicago's Latino Communities
"Puertorriqueñas Rencorosas y Mejicanas Sufridas": Gendered Ethnic Identity Formation in Chicago's Latino Communities
Este artículo argumenta que, a pesar de los distintos intentos institucionales por forjar una identidad latina, las mujeres puertorriqueñas y mejicanas adoptan frecuentemente una identidad nacional para configurar nociones dicótomas del "ser" y el "otro," basadas en valores culturales "patentes," que son a su vez, utilizados para explicar el éxito o el fracaso de éstas en el ámbito laboral, familiar o comunitario. Basado en una investigación etno…
Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the Neoliberal City
The Near Northwest Side Story
How a Scholarship Girl Becomes a Soldier: The Militarization of Latina/O Youth in Chicago Public Schools
Like many working-class communities, Chicago Puerto Ricans have a complicated relationship with the United States military. This article explores ethnographically how Latina/o youth in Chicago public schools come to decisions regarding their participation in Junior Reserve Officer Training Programs. While limited economic opportunities certainly inform these decisions, Latina/o youth and their parents are also influenced by gendered understanding…
Boricuas in Gotham: Puerto Ricans in the Making of Modern New York City
Methodological Gifts in Latina/o Studies and Feminist Anthropology
Beyond El Barrio: Everyday Life in Latina/o America
Citizen, Student, Soldier: Latina/o Youth, JROTC, and the American Dream
Since the 1990s, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) programs have experienced unprecedented expansion in American public schools. The program and its proliferation in poor, urban schools districts with large numbers of Latina/o and African American students is not without controversy. Public support is often based on the belief that the program provides much-needed discipline for "at risk" youth. Meanwhile, critics of JROTC argue that …
Latinos, militarism, and militarization
A report from the field Latina/o youth, JROTC and ethnographic practice
Alla in a Time of Uncertainty
Latinx Communities Organize and Resist
Cultivating hope through creative resistance: Puerto Rican undergraduates surviving the disasters of climate and colonization
This article details what occurred during a youth participatory action research (YPAR) project involving Puerto Rican undergraduates who at first focused their analysis on how their experiences with Hurricane María could be framed as resiliency and then eventually adopted a framework of resistance to further capture their actions, stances, and practices in response to government neglect. The YPAR generative process facilitated this emergence of r…
Sanctuary People: Faith-Based Organizing in Latina/o Communities
Explores ways faith communities offer protection and services for Latina/o communities The New Sanctuary Movement is a network of faith-based organizations committed to offering safe haven to those in danger, often in churches, often outside the law, and often at risk to themselves. The practice of sanctuary, with its capacity to provide safety, shelter, and protection to society's most vulnerable, gained significant prominence after the 2016 pre…
Sociology (13 works) · Political science (11 works) · Latin American and Latino Studies (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Anthropology (5 works) · Citation (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Library science (5 works) · Politics (5 works)