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The New Americans? : Immigration, Protest, and the Politics of Latino Identity /

"In 2006, millions of Latinos mobilized in opposition to H.R. 4437, an immigration proposal pending before the US Congress. In her new book, Heather Silber Mohamed suggests that these unprecedented protests marked a turning point for the Latino population--a point that is even more salient ten...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Mohamed, Heather Silber (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2017.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • "We are America"
  • Becoming American: the politics-to-identity link
  • From assimilation to nationalism to "we are America": immigration law, social movements, and identity frames, 1900s-2006
  • The immigration paradox: Latino policy priorities and the limits of pan-ethnic unity
  • Defining American: identification, political socialization, and protest politics
  • American identities: self-perception among Latinos in the United States
  • Can protests make Latinos "American"? The 2006 marches and the politics-to-identity link
  • Epilogue.