Family activism: immigrant struggles and the politics of noncitizenship

"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...

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1. Verfasser: Pallares, Amalia 1965- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Brunswick, NJ Rutgers Univ. Press 2015
Schriftenreihe:Latinidad
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Zusammenfassung:"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"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-155) and index
Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Immigrant Rights Activism and the Family Paradox -- 1. From Reunification to Separation -- 2. A Tale of Sanctuary: Agency, Representativity, and Motherhood -- 3. Regarding Family: From Local to National Activism -- 4. Our Youth, Our Families: DREAM Act Politics and Neoliberal Nationalism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index
Beschreibung:XVII, 170 S., [4] Bl. Ill. 23 cm
ISBN:0813564573
9780813564579
0813564565
9780813564562
9780813564586

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