Violence against Latina immigrants : citizenship, inequality, and community /

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Caught between violent partners and the bureaucratic complications of the US Immigration system, many immigrant women are particularly vulnerable to abuse. For two years, Roberta Villalón volunteered at a nonprofit group that offers free legal services to mostly undocumented immigrants who had been...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Villalón, Roberta
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies.
Project MUSE - Archive American Studies Foundation.
Temas:
Women immigrants > Violence against > United States.
Latin Americans > Violence against > United States.
Women immigrants > United States > Social conditions.
Latin Americans > United States > Social conditions.
Immigrantes > Violence envers > États-Unis.
Latino-Américains > Violence envers > États-Unis.
Immigrantes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Latino-Américains > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Latin Americans > Social conditions.
Women immigrants > Social conditions.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: theoretical and methodological approach
  • Violence against Latina immigrants and immigration law
  • Formal barriers to citizenship
  • Informal barriers to citizenship
  • Resisting inequality
  • Conclusion.

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