From Threatening Guerrillas to Forever Illegals

From Threatening Guerrillas to Forever Illegals

US Central Americans and the Cultural Politics of Non-Belonging

Padilla, Yajaira M.

University of Texas Press

06/2022

249

Dura

Inglês

9781477325261

15 a 20 dias

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Acknowledgments

Introduction: Central Americans among "US"
Chapter 1. Signifying US Central American Non-belonging
Chapter 2. Domesticated Subject? The Salvadoran Maid in US Television and Film
Chapter 3. Lance Corporal Jose Gutierrez and the Perils of Being a "Good Immigrant"
Chapter 4. Central American Crossings, Rightlessness, and Survival in Mexico's Border Passage
Chapter 5. The Cachet of Illegal Chickens in Central American Los Angeles
Conclusion: Seeing beyond the Dominant

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Central Americans; Guatemalans; citizenship; Salvadorans; immigrant; immigrants; Hondurans; refugee; refugees