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Excepting/accepting the South: New geographies of Latino migration, new directions in Latino studies

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Two decades of Latino migration to the American South have opened new geographic and theoretical terrain for Latino studies. This article examines what a study of Latino migration to the South can bring to understandings of the complexity of Latino daily life and the field of Latino studies more broadly. We discuss three themes in research on new immigrant destinations in the South: Transnational Latino migrations and translocal daily practices; racialization and the operations of racism vis-à-vis Latino/as; and neoliberal globalization and practices of flexible labor experienced by Latino workers. We conclude by speculating on what new directions the study of Latino experiences in southern destinations offers Latino studies.

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Notes

  1. It is worth noting that new immigrant destinations also emerged during this time period in the Midwest, Northwest and New England (for example, Grey, 1999; Naples, 2000; Torres, 2006; Nelson and Hiemstra, 2008), as Latino migration became a national phenomenon, rather than one focused on traditional receiving states, such as California, Texas, and New York.

  2. For work on non-Mexican Latino communities in the South, see Fink, 2003.

  3. We acknowledge the diversity of work captured under “Latino studies” and do not claim an exhaustive assessment. Rather, we draw attention to key points of potential enrichment between particular strands of Latino studies and existing research on Latino migration to southern communities.

  4. It is important to note that state- and local-level anti-immigrant ordinances and legislation, such as those in Georgia and Tennessee (Winders, 2007), may affect Latino immigrants’ decisions to stay permanently in southern communities, although it is too early to assess the impact of such policies with any certainty.

  5. Although contingent labor has attracted considerable attention in the last two decades, the tendency to focus on part-time and short-term employment without benefits misses a key ingredient of flexible labor – unpredictability in the space and time of work.

  6. See Winders and Smith (2010) for new insights that Latino immigration to the South raises for southern studies.

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Winders, J., Smith, B. Excepting/accepting the South: New geographies of Latino migration, new directions in Latino studies. Lat Stud 10, 220–245 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1057/lst.2012.17

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