“Resisting Cultural Imperialism: Exploring Latino Identity and the Potential for Cultural Revolution in the United States”

Consider how Hector Tobar’s research and interviews into the meaning/import of “Latino” (or Hispanic) identity in the U.S. can show both: a) the “cultural imperial” pressures and policies that lead to the identity construction here (and thus the need for critique/rejection of certain public and cultural elements); b) the potential for differing groups/individuals to come to embrace or reframe their location in relation to “American Imperialism” in a positive, creative,  “cultural revolutionary” ways. {Note the concepts/comparisons in Young “Scaling of Bodies” used here}