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Mothers without citizenship : Asian immigrant families and the consequences of welfare reform / Lynn Fujiwara.

Author/creator Fujiwara, Lynn, 1964-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxxx, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content Publisher description
Subject(s)
Women immigrants--Services for --United States.
Asian American women--Services for --United States.
Children of immigrants--Services for --United States.
Public welfare--United States.
Contents Introduction : sanctioning immigrants : "ending welfare as we know it" -- New nativism and welfare reform: Asian immigrants as racialized foreigners -- Welfare reform and the politics of citizenship -- Refugees betrayed -- The rush for citizenship : naturalization as a technocratic apparatus of exclusion -- On not making ends meet : mothers without citizenship -- The devaluation of immigrant families -- Conclusion : the continuing significance of racialized citizenship.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-225) and index.
LCCN 2007039512
ISBN9780816650750 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816650756 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816650767 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN0816650764 (pb : alk. paper)

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