Fictive Kinship : Family Reunification and the Meaning of Race and Nation in American Immigration /

Today, roughly 70 percent of all visas for legal immigration are reserved for family members of permanent residents or American citizens. Family reunification, policies that seek to preserve family unity during or following migration, is a central pillar of current immigration law, but it has existe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lee, Catherine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Refugees > Family relationships.
Racism.
Family social work.
Family reunification.
Family policy.
Emigration and immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Service social familial.
Politique familiale > États-Unis.
Refugies > Relations familiales > États-Unis.
Racisme > États-Unis.
Regroupement familial.
Family policy > United States.
Refugees > Family relationships > United States.
Racism > United States.
United States.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Note on terminology
  • Introduction
  • The fabric of our civilization as we know it : family in research and policy
  • I have kept my blood pure : gender propriety, class privilege, and racial purity in family reunification during the exclusion era
  • Reason of elemental humanity : the urgency of uniting families in the post-war era on the road to immigration reform
  • Our nation's efforts to protect families has fallen far short : pluralist ideals and vulnerable families
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Appendix: Data and methods
  • References
  • Index.

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