Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
Homecoming Queers: Desire and Difference in Chicana Latina Cultural Production (By: Marivel T. Danielson)
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Day of the Dead in the USA: The Migration and Transformation of a Cultural Phenomenon (By: Regina M. Marchi)
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Day of the Dead in the USA, Second Edition: The Migration and Transformation of a Cultural Phenomenon (By: Regina M. Marchi)
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Dance and the Hollywood Latina: Race, Sex, and Stardom (By: Priscilla Peña Ovalle)
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The Making of Chicana/o Studies: In the Trenches of Academe (By: Rodolfo F. Acuña)
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The Rise of Spanish-Language Filmmaking: Out from Hollywood's Shadow, 1929-1939 (By: Lisa Jarvinen)
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Becoming Mexipino: Multiethnic Identities and Communities in San Diego (By: Rudy P. Guevarra Jr.)
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Disenchanting Citizenship: Mexican Migrants and the Boundaries of Belonging (By: Luis F.B. Plascencia)
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Zapotecs on the Move: Cultural, Social, and Political Processes in Transnational Perspective (By: Adriana Cruz-Manjarrez)
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Domestic Negotiations: Gender, Nation, and Self-Fashioning in US Mexicana and Chicana Literature and Art (By: Marci R. McMahon)
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Troubling Nationhood in U.S. Latina Literature: Explorations of Place and Belonging (By: Maya Socolovsky)
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Hidden Chicano Cinema: Film Dramas in the Borderlands (By: A. Gabriel Meléndez)
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Borderlands Saints: Secular Sanctity in Chicano/a and Mexican Culture (By: Desirée A. Martín)
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Salvadoran Imaginaries: Mediated Identities and Cultures of Consumption (By: Cecilia M. Rivas)
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Mexican Hometown Associations in Chicagoacán: From Local to Transnational Civic Engagement (By: Xóchitl Bada)
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Dream Nation: Puerto Rican Culture and the Fictions of Independence (By: Maraia Acosta Cruz)
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The Virgin of Guadalupe and the Conversos: Uncovering Hidden Influences from Spain to Mexico (By: Marie-Theresa Hernandez)
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Family Activism: Immigrant Struggles and the Politics of Noncitizenship (By: Amalia Pallares)
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Mexico on Main Street: Transnational Film Culture in Los Angeles before World War II (By: Colin Gunckel)
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Of Forests and Fields: Mexican Labor in the Pacific Northwest (By: Mario Jimenez Sifuentez)
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Southwest Asia: The Transpacific Geographies of Chicana/o Literature (By: Jayson Gonzales Sae-Saue)
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From the Edge: Chicana/o Border Literature and the Politics of Print (By: Allison E. Fagan)
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In Search of the Mexican Beverly Hills: Latino Suburbanization in Postwar Los Angeles (By: Jerry Gonzalez)
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LatinAsian Cartographies: History, Writing, and the National Imaginary (By: Susan Thananopavarn)
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Post-Borderlandia: Chicana Literature and Gender Variant Critique (By: T. Jackie Cuevas)
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Constituting Central American–Americans: Transnational Identities and the Politics of Dislocation (By: Maritza E. Cárdenas)
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Forging Arizona: A History of the Peralta Land Grant and Racial Identity in the West (By: Anita Huizar-Hernandez)
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Parcels: Memories of Salvadoran Migration (By: Mike Anastario)
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Becoming Transnational Youth Workers: Independent Mexican Teenage Migrants and Pathways of Survival and Social Mobility (By: Isabel Martínez)
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East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte
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Deportes: The Making of a Sporting Mexican Diaspora (By: José M Alamillo)
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Latinas on the Line: Invisible Information Workers in Telecommunications (By: Melissa Villa-Nicholas)
Buy on Amazon2022
Embodied Economies: Diaspora and Transcultural Capital in Latinx Caribbean Fiction and Theater (By: Israel Reyes)
Buy on Amazon2022
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States series is publication order: 1. Homecoming Queers: Desire and Difference in Chicana Latina Cultural Production (By: Marivel T. Danielson) (2009), 2. Day of the Dead in the USA: The Migration and Transformation of a Cultural Phenomenon (By: Regina M. Marchi) (2009), 3. Day of the Dead in the USA, Second Edition: The Migration and Transformation of a Cultural Phenomenon (By: Regina M. Marchi) (2009), 4. Dance and the Hollywood Latina: Race, Sex, and Stardom (By: Priscilla Peña Ovalle) (2010), 5. The Making of Chicana/o Studies: In the Trenches of Academe (By: Rodolfo F. Acuña) (2011), and 28 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States series by Alex Espinoza contains 33 books. The series began in 2009 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States series is written by Alex Espinoza. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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