TY - GEN T1 - Family activism : immigrant struggles and the politics of noncitizenship T2 - Latinidad: transnational cultures in the United States. A1 - Pallares, Amalia, 1965- LA - English PP - New Brunswick, New Jersey PB - Rutgers University Press YR - 2014 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn892911665 AB - "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"-- CN - JV6456 .P35 2014eb SN - 9780813564586 SN - 0813564581 SN - 9780813564579 SN - 0813564573 SN - 9780813564562 SN - 0813564565 KW - Immigrant families : United States. KW - Families : Political aspects : United States. KW - United States : Emigration and immigration. KW - United States : Emigration and immigration : Government policy. KW - Immigrants : United States : Social conditions. KW - Immigrant families : Illinois : Chicago. KW - Immigrants : Illinois : Chicago : Social conditions. KW - Chicago (Ill.) : Emigration and immigration. KW - Familles immigrantes : États-Unis. KW - Familles : Aspect politique : États-Unis. KW - Familles immigrantes : Illinois : Chicago. KW - États-Unis : Émigration et immigration. KW - États-Unis : Émigration et immigration : Politique gouvernementale. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Ethnic Studies : Hispanic American Studies. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Emigration & Immigration. KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Emigration and immigration : Government policy KW - Families : Political aspects KW - Immigrant families KW - Immigrants : Social conditions KW - Illinois : Chicago KW - United States KW - Soziale Situation KW - Einwanderer KW - Illegaler Einwanderer ER -