Disenchanting Citizenship : Mexican Migrants and the Boundaries of Belonging /

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Luis F.B. Plascencia's Disenchanting Citizenship explores two interrelated issues: U.S. citizenship and the Mexican migrants' position in the United States. Through an extensive and multifaceted collection of interviews, ethnographic fieldwork, ethno-historical research, and public policy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Plascencia, Luis F. B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politics and government.
Mexican Americans > Social conditions
Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity
Mexican Americans > Civil rights
Ethnic relations
Emigration and immigration > Government policy
Citizenship
Noncitizens.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Immigrants clandestins > États-Unis.
Mexicains > Migrations.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Conditions sociales.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Droits.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Identite ethnique.
Noncitizens > United States.
Citizenship > United States.
Mexicans > Migrations.
Mexican Americans > Social conditions.
Mexican Americans > Civil rights.
Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity.
United States
États-Unis > Relations interethniques.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
United States > Ethnic relations.
United States > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Luis F.B. Plascencia's Disenchanting Citizenship explores two interrelated issues: U.S. citizenship and the Mexican migrants' position in the United States. Through an extensive and multifaceted collection of interviews, ethnographic fieldwork, ethno-historical research, and public policy analysis, Plascencia probes the ways in which citizenship discourses are understood and taken up by individuals. The book uncovers citizenship's root as a Janus-faced construct that encompasses a simultaneous process of inclusion and exclusion. This notion of citizenship is mapped on to t.
Physical Description:1 online resource (266 pages).
ISBN:9780813552804

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