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Family activism : immigrant struggles and the politics of noncitizenship
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Title
Family activism : immigrant struggles and the politics of noncitizenship / Amalia Pallares.
ISBN
9780813564579
0813564573
9780813564562
0813564565
9780813564586
Publication
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2015.
Physical Description
xvii, 170 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Drawing upon the idea of the "impossible activism" of undocumented immigrants, Amalia Pallares argues that those without legal status defy this "impossible" context by relying on the politicization of the family to challenge justice within contemporary immigration law. The culmination of a seven-year-long ethnography of undocumented immigrants and their families in Chicago, as well as national immigrant politics, Family Activism examines the ways in which the family has become politically significant"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 27, 2015
Series
Latinidad: transnational cultures in the United States.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-155) and index.
Contents
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Immigrant Rights Activism and the Family Paradox
1. From Reunification to Separation
2. A Tale of Sanctuary: Agency, Representativity, and Motherhood
3. Regarding Family: From Local to National Activism
4. Our Youth, Our Families: DREAM Act Politics and Neoliberal Nationalism
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index.
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