{"id":9937,"date":"2019-01-01T16:01:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T00:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/?p=9937"},"modified":"2025-08-27T17:54:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T00:54:53","slug":"un-becoming-central-american-american-passing-subjectivity-and-latinidad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/un-becoming-central-american-american-passing-subjectivity-and-latinidad\/","title":{"rendered":"Un-Becoming Central American-American: Passing, Subjectivity, and Latinidad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.uoregon.edu\/gerlinger_hall_954\">Gerlinger Hall, Alumni Lounge<\/a><br>1468 University Street, Eugene, OR 97403<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Presentation by Professor Maritza Cardenas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unbecoming_central_american.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9939\" width=\"221\" height=\"340\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Cardenas is associate professor of English at the University of Arizona. 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