TY  - GEN
T1  - Mexican Americans and the question of race
A1  - Dowling, Julie A., 1975-
LA  - English
PP  - Austin
PB  - University of Texas Press
YR  - 2014
ED  - First edition.
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn867631076
AB  - With Mexican Americans constituting a large and growing segment of U.S. society, their assimilation trajectory has become a constant source of debate. Some believe Mexican Americans are following the path of European immigrants toward full assimilation into whiteness, while others argue that they remain racialized as nonwhite. Drawing on extensive interviews with Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants in Texas, Dowling?s research challenges common assumptions about what informs racial labeling for this population. Her interviews demonstrate that for Mexican Americans, racial ideology is key to how they assert their identities as either in or outside the bounds of whiteness. Emphasizing the link between racial ideology and racial identification, Dowling offers an insightful narrative that highlights the complex and highly contingent nature of racial identity. --
OP  - 161
CN  - E184.M5 D69 2014eb
SN  - 9780292754027
SN  - 0292754027
SN  - 9780292754010
SN  - 0292754019
KW  - Mexican Americans : Race identity.
KW  - United States : Race relations.
KW  - Mexican Americans : Social conditions.
KW  - Mexican Americans : Ethnic identity.
KW  - Américains d'origine mexicaine : Identité ethnique.
KW  - États-Unis : Relations raciales.
KW  - Américains d'origine mexicaine : Conditions sociales.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Discrimination & Race Relations.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Minority Studies.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Ethnic Studies : Hispanic American Studies.
KW  - Mexican Americans : Race identity
KW  - Mexican Americans : Social conditions
KW  - Race relations
KW  - United States
ER  -