| Description |
1 online resource (x, 252 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Latinidad, transnational cultures in the United States
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Latinidad.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-245) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: locating citizenships -- Fields of citizenship -- The Janus face of citizenship: the side of inclusion -- The Janus face of citizenship: the side of exclusion -- The making of citizens: promoting and schooling -- Bearing true faith and allegiance: entering the circle of citizenship -- Desire, sacrifice, and disenchantment -- Epilogue: the boundaries of birth and power. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity.
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Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity. |
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Mexican Americans -- Civil rights.
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Mexican Americans -- Civil rights. |
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Mexican Americans -- Social conditions.
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Mexican Americans -- Social conditions. |
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Mexicans -- Migrations.
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Mexicans. |
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Citizenship -- United States.
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Citizenship. |
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United States. |
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Noncitizens -- United States.
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Noncitizens. |
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United States -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Government policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Plascencia, Luis F.B. Disenchanting citizenship. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2012 9780813552798 (DLC) 2011032962 (OCoLC)746618806 |
| ISBN |
9780813553344 (electronic book) |
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0813553342 (electronic book) |
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9780813552798 |
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0813552796 |
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9780813552804 |
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081355280X |
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