The Latinx "Other"

Session Submission Type: LASA Section Roundtable

Abstract

This roundtable seeks participants to discuss the growing elasticity of the term “Latinx” by highlighting the presence of groups that have been underrepresented in Latina/o/x studies. How does a focus on Central Americans, South Americans, Afro-Latina/o/xs, and/or other racialized minority groups (such as indigenous groups, Asians, Haitians, etc.) within and outside the U.S. expand, challenge, and/or reconfigure the field of Latina/o/x Studies?

Sub Track

• Section Sessions

Session Organizer

• Jennifer Harford Vargas, Bryn Mawr College

Chair

• Jennifer Harford Vargas, Bryn Mawr College

Presenters

• Juanita I Heredia, Northern Arizona University

• Yajaira M Padilla, University of Arkansas/Fayetteville

• Anahí Viladrich, City University of New York/Queens College / The Graduate Center

• María Elena Cepeda, Williams College

• Claudia Milian, Duke University

• Ariana Ochoa Camacho, University of Washington