1st Edition
Creating a Latino Identity in the Nation's Capital The Latino Festival
First published in 1999 in this study the author uses the annual Latino Festival as a framework for focusing the action and integrating many important informal and formal aspects of the Washington D.C. Latino Community. She demonstrates how the festival became a stage where relationships were defined, networks established, and identity enacted, and provided my window into the history and development of the community. For this study, she was interested in an interpretative framework appropriate to festival which would reflect the multiple voices and points of view found within the community. Seeking the voices of leaders and community members in interviews and in Spanish- and English-language newspapers.
1. Introduction 2. The Beginnings of the Latino Community: Social and Cultural Contexts 3. The Festival Crdnicas and Community History: Creating Identity in Adams Morgan/Mt. Pleasant 534. The Festival: The Event, the Participants, and the Growing Community 5. Foodways and the Kiosko: the Making of a Place 6. The Festival Parade: Framing Cultural Identities 7. Conclusion 8. Epilogue Appendix A. A Brief Chronology of the History of the Latino Community B. Wilson Center Property History C. A "Save the Wilson Center" Flier D. List of Festival Presidents E. Titles of Festival.
Biography
Olivia Cadaval
