Counterstorytelling Narratives of Latino Teenage Boys

From «Vergüenza» to «Échale Ganas»

Juan A. Ríos Vega

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Year: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781453916711
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Anthropology
• Index: Social Sciences

Counterstorytelling Narratives of Latino Teenage Boys presents an ethnographic portrait of the experiences and counterstories of nine Latino teenage boys representing different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds attending a high school in North Carolina. Using critical race theory (CRT), Latino critical theory (LatCrit), and Chicano/a epistemologies as a theoretical framework, the book unveils how differing layers of oppression shape the lives of these boys of color through the intersections of race, gender, and class. Contrary to majoritarian assumptions, cultural deficit models, and their teachers' low expectations, this research reveals how participants used their cultural capital as a foundation to develop resiliency. The findings in this book suggest that teachers, school administrators, and staff could benefit from a better understanding of Latino/a students' community cultural wealth as a fundamental element for these students' academic success. Counterstorytelling Narratives of Latino Teenage Boys will be an excellent resource for teachers, school administrators, college students, and pre-service teachers. It will be useful in courses in Latino/a studies in the United States, multicultural studies, race and education studies, social justice in education, race and gender studies, and social foundations in education.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• From vergüenza to échale ganas
• Chapter 1. Latino boys’ counterstorytelling
• Chapter 2. El que es perico, donde quiera es verde (a parrot is green no matter where it is)
• Chapter 3. El que persevera triunfa (whoever perseveres, triumphs)
• Chapter 4. Juntos pero no revueltos (together but not the same)
• Chapter 5. El muerto y el arrima’o al tercer día apesta (the dead body, as well as the guest, stinks by the third day)
• Chapter 6. Conclusions
• Bibliography