Latinos and citizenship : the dilemma of belonging / edited by Suzanne Oboler.

Other author Oboler, Suzanne.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillian, 2006.
Descriptionvii, 339 pages ; 21 cm
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents I. Introduction -- 1. Redefining citizenship as a lived experience / Suzanne Oboler -- II. Citizenship and struggles for political inclusion and dignity in the 20th century -- 2. "How they ignore our rights as American citizens" : Puerto Rican migrants and the politics of citizenship in the New Deal era / Lorrin Thomas -- III. Citizenship : public policy implications -- 3. The legal production of Mexican/migrant "illegality" / Nicholas De Genova -- 4. Regulating transnational citizens in the post-1996 Welfare Reform era : Dominican immigrants in New York City / Greta A. Gilbertson -- 5. Dual citizenship and political participation : migrants in the interplay of United States and Colombian politics / Cristina Escobar -- 6. Roads to citizenship : Mexican migrants in the United States / Alejandra Castañeda -- IV. Latino/as and citizenship : the immigrants' perspective 7. Boundaries, language, and the self : issues faced by Puerto Ricans and other Latino/a college students / Bonnie Urciuoli -- 8. Necesidades y Problemas : immigrant Latina vernaculars of belonging, coalition, and citizenship in San Francisco, California / Kathleen Coll -- 9. "Getting out the vote" in Los Angeles : the mobilization of undocumented migrants in electoral politics / Monica W. Varsanyi -- 10. "Wise up!" : undocumented Latino youth, Mexican-American legislators, and the struggle for higher education access / Hinda Seif -- V. Redefining citizenship, the present conundrum -- 11. Delinquent citizenship, national performances : racialization, surveillance, and the politics of "worthiness" in Puerto Rican Chicago / Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas -- 12. Transforming citizenship : membership, strategies of containment, and the public sphere in Latino communities / Raymond Rocco
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006045142
ISBN1403967393 (alk. paper)
ISBN9781403967398 (alk. paper)
ISBN1403967407 (alk. paper)
ISBN9781403967404 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E184.S75 L3675 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold