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Racial baggage : Mexican immigrants and race across the border /

"Upon arrival to the United States, Mexican immigrants are racialized as simultaneously non-White and "illegal." This racialization process complicates notions of race that they bring with them, as the "pigmentocracy" of Mexican society, in which their skin color may have af...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zamora, Sylvia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Immigration and racial transformation in America
  • Race in Mexico : mestizo privilege
  • Racial border crossings
  • First encounters with race in el norte
  • Settling in : illegality and the U.S. color line
  • Conclusion : from mestizo to minority.