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Author Villalón, Roberta.

Title Violence against Latina immigrants : citizenship, inequality, and community / Roberta Villalón.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2010]
©2010
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Description 1 online resource (ix, 207 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index.
Contents Introduction: theoretical and methodological approach -- Violence against Latina immigrants and immigration law -- Formal barriers to citizenship -- Informal barriers to citizenship -- Resisting inequality -- Conclusion.
Summary Caught between violent partners and the bureaucratic complications of the US Immigration system, many immigrant women are particularly vulnerable to abuse. For two years, Roberta Villalón volunteered at a nonprofit group that offers free legal services to mostly undocumented immigrants who had been victims of abuse. Her innovative study of Latina survivors of domestic violence explores the complexities at the intersection of immigration, citizenship, and violence, and shows how inequality is perpetuated even through the well-intentioned delivery of vital services. Through archival research, pa.
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Subject Women immigrants -- Violence against -- United States.
Women immigrants.
United States.
Latin Americans -- Violence against -- United States.
Latin Americans.
Women immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Latin Americans -- United States -- Social conditions.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Emigration and immigration.
Social aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Villalón, Roberta. Violence against Latina immigrants. New York : New York University Press, ©2010 9780814788233 (DLC) 2009053608 (OCoLC)491918123
ISBN 9780814788264 (electronic book)
0814788262 (electronic book)
9780814788424
0814788424
9780814788233 (cl ; alkaline paper)
0814788238 (cl ; alkaline paper)
9780814788240 (pb ; alkaline paper)
0814788246 (pb ; alkaline paper)

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