Invisible No More

Introduction

1. Invisible No More: The Status and Experience of Latino Males from Multidisciplinary Perspectives Pedro Noguera, A­da Hurtado

Section 1: The State of Latino Males

2. Social Mobility and the Complex Status of Latino Males: Education, Employment, and Incarceration Patterns from 2000-2009, Mellie Torres, Edward Fergus

3. Adolescent Mexican American Males: No Increased Risk of Mental Health Problems, Robert E. Roberts, Catherine Ramsay Roberts

4. Reducing Sexual and Reproductive Health Disparities Among Latino Men: Exploring Solutions in the Boundaries of Masculinity, Miguel Mu±oz-Laboy, Ashley Perrry

5. Searching for Ideal Masculinity: Negotiating Day Labor Work and Life at the Margins, Abel Valenzuela, Jr., Maria C. Olivares Pasillas

Section 2: Masculinity Construction

6. "Where the Boys Are": Macro and Micro Considerations for the Study of Young Latino Menâs Educational Achievement, A­da Hurtado, Craig Haney, Jose G. Hurtado

7. Taking Count of Gender and Legal Status Within Latino Media Policy, Dolores In©s-Casillas

8. Anchoring the Measurement of Machismo and Latino Male Identity in Contemporary Definition and Theory, Maria F©lix-Ortiz, Ian Ankney, Megan Brodie, Harold Rodinsky

9. Transforming Boys, Transforming Masculinity, Transforming Culture: Masculinity Anew in Latino and Latina Childrenâs Literature, Phillip Serrato

10. Undocumented Latino Youth: Strategies for Accessing Higher Education, Daysi Diaz-Strong, Christina G³mez, Mar­a E. Luna-Duarte, Erica R. Meiners

11. Claiming Queer Cultural Citizenship: Gay Latino (Im)migrant Acts in San Francisco, Horacio N. Roque Ramirez

Section 3: Race, Gender, and Skin Color in Constructing Identification

12. Does Race and National Origin Influence the Hourly Wages That Latino Males Receive? Clara E. Rodr­guez, Grigoris Argeros, Michal H. Miyawaki

13. The Relevance of Skin Color in the Construction of an Ethnic Identification Among Mexican and Puerto Rican Boys, Edward Fergus

14. Racially Stigmatized Masculinities and Empowerment: Conceptualizing and Nurturing Latino Malesâ Schooling in the United States, Nancy L³pez

15. "Sometimes You Need to Spill Your Heart Out to Somebody": Close Friendships Among Latino Adolescent Boys, Niobe Way, Carlos Santos, Alexandra Cordero

Section 4: Environmental Factors and Violence

16. Street Socialization and the Psychosocial Moratorium, James Diego Vigil

17. Latino Male Violence in the United States, Ramiro Martinez, Jr., Jacob I. Stowell

Conclusion

18. What We Have Learned: The Role of Public Policy in Promoting Macro and Micro Levels of Intervention in Response to the Challenges Confronting Latino Men, Pedro Noguera, A­da Hurtado, Edward Fergus

Contributor Biographies

Index