title: Hispanics, Latinos, or Americanos: the evolution of identity.
abstract: This essay identifies and categorizes terms used to designate the Hispanic/Latino population in the United States. It provides an analysis framing the process of ethnic self-designation within an ethnopolitical and psychosocial context. The analysis concludes by presenting mestizaje and transculturation as processes involved in the evolution of Latino identity.
authors.affiliation: Transcultural Mental Health Institute, 1301 20th Street NW, Suite 711, Washington, DC 20036, USA. cultura@erols.com
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Comas-Díaz
mesh_terms: D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D012660:Semantics; D012933:Social Identification; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014481:United States