Mexican Americans and the question of race /
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 re...
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| Médium: | Licensed eBooks |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2014]
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| Vydání: | First edition. |
| On-line přístup: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=683055 |
Obsah:
- The question of race
- "I'm white 'cause I'm an American, right?": the meanings of whiteness for Mexican Americans
- "We were never white": Mexican Americans identifying outside the bounds of whiteness
- "In Mexico I was . . .": translating racial identities across the border
- "That's what we call ourselves here": Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants negotiating racial labeling in daily life
- Re-envisioning our understanding of Latino racial identity.