ISBN:
9780813553344
,
0813553342
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 252 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Latinidad, transnational cultures in the United States
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Plascencia, Luis F.B Disenchanting citizenship
DDC:
305.86872073
Keywords:
Mexican Americans Ethnic identity
;
Mexican Americans Civil rights
;
Mexican Americans Social conditions
;
Mexicans Migrations
;
Citizenship United States
;
Aliens United States
;
Mexican Americans Ethnic identity
;
Mexican Americans Civil rights
;
Mexican Americans Social conditions
;
Mexicans Migrations
;
Citizenship
;
Aliens
;
United States Emigration and immigration
;
Government policy
;
United States Ethnic relations
;
United States Politics and government
;
History
;
Social Science
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Ethnic Studies ; General
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Ethnic Studies ; Hispanic American Studies
;
Aliens
;
Citizenship
;
Emigration and immigration ; Government policy
;
Ethnic relations
;
Mexican Americans ; Civil rights
;
Mexican Americans ; Ethnic identity
;
Mexican Americans ; Social conditions
;
Politics and government
;
United States Politics and government
;
United States Ethnic relations
;
United States Emigration and immigration
;
Government policy
;
United States Ethnic relations
;
United States Emigration and immigration
;
Government policy
;
United States Politics and government
;
United States
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Luis F.B. Plascencia & rsquo;s Disenchanting Citizenship explores two interrelated issues: U.S. citizenship and the Mexican migrants & rsquo; 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 citizenshiop discourses are understood and taken up by individuals. The book uncovers citizenship & rsquo;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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-245) and index. - Description based on print version record
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813553344
URL:
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