Empanadas, Pupusas, and Greens on the Side: Language and Latinidad in the Nation's Capital

A new framework for understanding how language and identity intersect in ever-evolving America

In the 1980s, Washington, DC-a predominantly African American, racially and economically segregated city with a strong local Black culture-became a hub of Latin American immigration. As the city's communities interacted, an identity both unique to DC and reflective of diverse Latin American cultures was born.

Empanadas, Pupusas, and Greens on the Side is the first linguistics book to explore how the...