Disenchanting Citizenship - Mexican Migrants and the Boundaries of Belonging

Informationen zum Autor LUIS F. B. PLASCENCIA is an assistant professor of anthropology and affiliated faculty in the School of Transborder Studies and the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University.  He has published articles in numerous journals, including Urban Anthropology and International Migration Review. Klappentext 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 analysis! Plascencia probes the ways in which citizenship discourses are understood and taken up by individuals. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Fields of Citizenship2. The Janus Face of Citizenship: The Side of Inclusion3. The Janus Face of Citizenship: The Side of Exclusion4. The Making of Citizens: Promoting and Schooling5. Bearing True Faith and Allegiance: Entering the Circle of Citizenship6. Desire, Sacrifice, and DisenchantmentConclusionEpilogueNotesWorks CitedIndex

Product details

• Authors: Luis Plascencia, Luis F B Plascencia, Luis F. B. Plascencia
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.2012
• EAN: 9780813552804
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-5280-4
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Latinidad: Transnational Cultu; Latinidad: Transnational Cultu
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology