Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”
By Héctor Tobar
Read by André Santana
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A new audiobook by the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer about the twenty-first-century Latino experience and identity. "Latino" is the most open-ended and loosely defined of the major race categories in the United States. Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of "Latino" assembles the Pulitzer Prize winner Héctor Tobar's personal experiences as the son of Guatemalan immigrants and the stories told to him by his Latinx students to offer a spirited rebuke to racist ideas about Latino people. Our Migrant Souls decodes the meaning of "Latino" as a racial and ethnic identity in the modern United States, and seeks to give voice to the angst and anger of young Latino people who have seen latinidad transformed into hateful tropes about "illegals" and have faced insults, harassment, and division based on white insecurities and economic exploitation. Investigating topics that include the US-Mexico border "wall," Frida Kahlo, urban segregation, gangs, queer Latino utopias, and the emergence of the cartel genre in TV and film, Tobar journeys across the country to expose something truer about the meaning of "Latino" in the twenty-first century. A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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Summary
Summary
Winner of the 2023 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction
An Amazon Editor’s Top Pick of the Year
A Barnes & Noble Best Book of the Year
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice of the Week
Among longlisted titles for Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year, 2023
Among shortlisted titles for Kirkus Prize Winner, 2023
Among shortlisted titles for Kirkus Prize Finalists, 2023
Among longlisted titles for Time Magazine Best Books of the Year, 2023
Among longlisted titles for New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year, 2023
Among longlisted titles for Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year, 2023
Among longlisted titles for Carnegie Medal, 2024
Among shortlisted titles for Kirkus Prize Winner, 2023
Among shortlisted titles for Kirkus Prize Finalists, 2023
Among longlisted titles for Carnegie Medal, 2024
Among longlisted titles for NPR Best Book of the Year, 2023
Among longlisted titles for Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2023
Among longlisted titles for CPL: Chicago Public Library Best of the Best, 2023
Among longlisted titles for Audible.com Best of the Year, 2023
Among longlisted titles for Time Magazine Best Books of the Year, 2023
Among longlisted titles for Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year, 2023
Among longlisted titles for New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year, 2023
Among longlisted titles for Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year, 2023
Among longlisted titles for NPR Best Book of the Year, 2023
Among longlisted titles for Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2023
Among longlisted titles for CPL: Chicago Public Library Best of the Best, 2023
Among longlisted titles for Audible.com Best of the Year, 2023
A new audiobook by the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer about the twenty-first-century Latino experience and identity.
"Latino" is the most open-ended and loosely defined of the major race categories in the United States. Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of
"Latino" assembles the Pulitzer Prize winner Héctor Tobar's personal experiences as the son of Guatemalan immigrants and the stories told to him by his Latinx students to offer a spirited
rebuke to racist ideas about Latino people. Our Migrant Souls decodes the meaning of "Latino" as a racial and ethnic identity in the modern United States, and seeks to give voice to the
angst and anger of young Latino people who have seen latinidad transformed into hateful tropes about "illegals" and have faced insults, harassment, and division based on white insecurities
and economic exploitation.
Investigating topics that include the US-Mexico border "wall," Frida Kahlo, urban segregation, gangs, queer Latino utopias, and the emergence of the cartel genre in TV and film, Tobar journeys
across the country to expose something truer about the meaning of "Latino" in the twenty-first century.
A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Author
Author Bio: Héctor Tobar
Hector Tobar, now a weekly columnist for the Los Angeles Times, is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and a novelist. He is the author of Translation Nation and The Tattooed Soldier. The son of Guatemalan immigrants, he is a native of the city of Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife and three children.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Social Science |
| Runtime: | 7.56 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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