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Author Vasquez, Jessica M.

Title Mexican Americans across generations : immigrant families, racial realities / Jessica M. Vasquez.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 301 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Studies middle class Mexican American families across three generations and their experiences of racism and assimilation.
Contents Thinned attachment : heritage is slipping through our fingers -- Cultural maintenance : a pot of beans on the stove -- Tortillas in the shape of the United States : marriage and the families we choose -- Whiter is better : discrimination in everyday life -- Fit to be good cooks and good mechanics : racialization in schools -- As much hamburger as taco : third-generation Mexican Americans -- Conclusion : racialization despite assimilation.
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Subject Mexican Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- California.
Mexican Americans -- Cultural assimilation.
California.
Mexican Americans.
Mexican Americans -- California -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Social conditions.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject California -- Ethnic relations.
Ethnic relations.
California -- Race relations.
Race relations.
Chronological Term 2000 - 2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Vasquez, Jessica M. Mexican Americans across generations. New York : New York University Press, ©2011 9780814788288 (DLC) 2010041976 (OCoLC)670324815
ISBN 9780814788363 (electronic book)
081478836X (electronic book)