Reviewed by Judith Perez | Reviews | Journal of American Ethnic History, 27.4

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*Mestizo in America: Generations of Mexican Ethnicity in the Suburban Southwest.* By Thomas Macias. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2006. Tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, and index. xii + 175 pp. $45.00 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).
In this volume, Thomas Macias alleviates the dearth of research on middle-class, multigenerational Mexican Americans. Mestizo in America aims to address ways that immigrant groups and their descendents are incorporated into American life. Utilizing the Current Population Survey for statistical data and applying ethnographic methods to investigate categories of race and ethnicity, Macias conducted fifty interviews with people who reside in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona, and San Jose, California. Central findings include how generational acculturation is manifested through home ownership in suburbs, participation in ethnic professional organizations, and English-language use. Macias's concept of "disembedded culture," where ethnic culture is acquired externally, is also critical for understanding third-generation Mexican American identity development.	1
Macias explains how mestizaje—defined as the social construction of Mexican ethnicity within the United States—is constructed in his participants' daily lives. His analysis of identity validation through food, Catholicism, traditional gender roles, and fluency in Spanish illustrates the importance of mestizaje for the third-plus generation.	. . .

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