Thursday May 27, 2010 • 7:00pm
Modern Times Bookstore • 888 Valencia St. SF
Anthropologist Kathleen M. Coll will present her book Remaking Citizenship: Latina Immigrants and New American Politics, recently published by Stanford University Press, at Modern Times Bookstore on May 27 with participation of members of Mujeres Unidas y Activas
Coll’s book focuses on a study of the diverse cultural and political forms that the word and condition of “citizenship” implies for different individuals. What the term implies varies by person—depending on his or her country of origin, class, race, ethnicity and gender. Her research centers on the work of Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA), a social advocacy organization lead by Latina immigrant women. The book gives the reader a clear, comprehensive and entertaining view of the Bay Area organization.