{"id":443,"date":"2016-02-18T14:25:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T19:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/?p=443"},"modified":"2016-02-18T16:23:18","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T21:23:18","slug":"whats-in-a-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/2016\/02\/18\/whats-in-a-name\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s In a Name?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s In a Name, you ask?<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, February 17,\u00a0Dr. Susan Mendez\u00a0led a discussion of the cultural, historical, and political differences behind the identity labels of Spanish, Hispanic, Latino\/a, Chicano\/a and Tejano\/a.\u00a0\u00a0The event was held in LSC 238 (The Forum) and was attended by students, faculty and staff members interested in knowing\u00a0and understanding the background of these labels.\u00a0 Dr. Mendez is a member of the Department of English and Theatre and Interim Program Director of Latin American Studies.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s In a Name, you ask? 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