| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 267 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Coahuilteco language |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : illegality and the immigrant family -- Belonging in the borderlands -- United yet divided : mixed-status family dynamics -- "Little lies" : disclosure and relationships beyond the family -- Estamos encerrados : im/mobilities in the borderlands -- Additional borders : education, work, and social mobility -- Unequal access : health and wellbeing -- Family separation : deportation, removal, and return -- Fixing papers : becoming legal. |
| Summary |
Borders of Belonging investigates a pressing but previously unexplored aspect of immigration in America--the impact of immigration policies and practices not only on undocumented migrants, but also on their family members, some of whom possess a form of legal status. Heide Castañeda reveals the trauma, distress, and inequalities that occur daily, alongside the stratification of particular family members' access to resources like education, employment, and health care. She also paints a vivid picture of the resilience, resistance, creative responses, and solidarity between parents and children, siblings, and other kin. Castañeda's innovative ethnography combines fieldwork with individuals and family groups to paint a full picture of the experiences of mixed-status families as they navigate the emotional, social, political, and medical difficulties that inevitably arise when at least one family member lacks legal status. Exposing the extreme conditions in the heavily-regulated U.S./Mexico borderlands, this book presents a portentous vision of how the further encroachment of immigration enforcement would affect millions of mixed-status families throughout the country. |
| 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 |
Immigrant families -- Texas -- Lower Rio Grande Valley.
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Immigrant families. |
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Texas -- Lower Rio Grande Valley. |
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Immigrants -- Family relationships -- Texas -- Lower Rio Grande Valley.
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Immigrants -- Family relationships. |
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Immigrants. |
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Illegal immigration -- Family relationships -- Texas -- Lower Rio Grande Valley.
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Illegal immigration. |
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Families. |
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Immigrants -- Texas -- Lower Rio Grande Valley -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Castañeda, Heide. Borders of belonging. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2019 9781503607217 (DLC) 2018018752 (OCoLC)1033571893 |
| ISBN |
9781503607927 (electronic book) |
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1503607925 (electronic book) |
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9781503607217 |
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1503607216 |
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9781503607910 |
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1503607917 |
| Standard No. |
40029088765 |
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