| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 287 pages) : illustrations |
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data file |
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polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-275) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : legal status in family contexts -- Nervios : on the threat of deportation -- Stuck : dependence in intimate relationships -- It's not fair : the pecking order in immigrant families -- Stigma : illegality in different immigrant neighborhoods -- Conclusion : reframing illegality. |
| Summary |
"What does it mean to be an illegal immigrant, or the child of immigrants, in this era of restrictive immigration laws in the US? As lawmakers and others struggle to respond to the changing landscape of immigration, the effects of policies on people's daily lives are all too often overlooked. In Everyday Illegal, award-winning author Joanna Dreby recounts the stories of children and parents in eighty-one families to show what happens when a restrictive immigration system emphasizes deportation over legalization. Interweaving her own experiences, Dreby illustrates how bitter strains can arise in relationships when spouses have different legal statuses. She introduces us to 'suddenly single mothers' who struggle to place food on the table and pay rent after their husbands have been deported. Taking us into the homes and schools of children living in increasingly vulnerable circumstances, she presents families that are divided internally, with some children having legal status while their siblings are undocumented. Even children who are U.S. citizens regularly associate immigration with illegality. With vivid ethnographic details and a striking narrative, Everyday Illegal forces us to confront the devastating impacts of our immigration policies as seen through the eyes of children and their families. As legal status influences identity formation, alters the division of power within families, and affects the opportunities children have outside the home, it becomes a source of inequality that touches us all."--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Rider University Libraries acknowledges the biased and pejorative nature of the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) “Aliens” “Alien…” and "Illegal aliens" to refer to noncitizens and undocumented immigrants, respectively--and the harm it causes. While a change in terminology was approved by the Library of Congress in 2016, it was not enacted due to opposition by the 115th Congress (2017). As Rider University Libraries uses LCSH as its standard vocabulary, we are currently investigating how to best enact alternative terminology that will still ensure access to all materials on this topic. |
| Subject |
Illegal immigration -- United States -- Case studies.
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Illegal immigration. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Immigrants -- Family relationships -- United States -- Case studies.
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Immigrants -- Family relationships. |
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Immigrants. |
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Children of immigrants -- United States -- Case studies.
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Children of immigrants. |
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dreby, Joanna, 1976- Everyday illegal 9780520283398 9780520283404 (DLC) 2014038846 (OCoLC)889728960 |
| ISBN |
9780520959279 (electronic book) |
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0520959272 (electronic book) |
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9780520283398 (cloth) |
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0520283392 (cloth) |
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9780520283404 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520283406 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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