Disenchanting citizenship : Mexican migrants and the boundaries of belonging /

Luis F.B. Plascencia's Disenchanting Citizenship explores two interrelated issues: U.S. citizenship and the Mexican migrants' position in the United States. Through an extensive and multifaceted collection of interviews, ethnographic fieldwork, ethno-historical research, and public policy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Plascencia, Luis F. B.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press ©2012.
Series:Latinidad.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5hjdhk
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: locating citizenships
  • Fields of citizenship
  • The Janus face of citizenship: the side of inclusion
  • The Janus face of citizenship: the side of exclusion
  • The making of citizens: promoting and schooling
  • Bearing true faith and allegiance: entering the circle of citizenship
  • Desire, sacrifice, and disenchantment
  • Epilogue: the boundaries of birth and power.