Latino Threat Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation

Name: Latino Threat Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation
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ISBN: 9780804759342

ISBN-10: 0804759340

ISBN-13: 9780804759342

Edition: 2008

Authors: Leo Chavez

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From volunteers ready to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border to the hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children who have marched in support of immigrant rights, the United States has witnessed a surge of involvement in immigration activism. InThe Latino Threat, Leo R. Chavez critically investigates the media stories about and recent experiences of immigrants to show how prejudices and stereotypes have been used to malign an entire immigrant population-and to define what it means to be an American. Pundits-and the media at large-nurture and perpetuate the notion that Latinos, particularly Mexicans, are an invading force bent on reconquering land once considered their own. Through a perceived…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 7/18/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Constructing and Challenging Myths



The Latino Threat Narrative



Cultural Contradictions of Citizenship and Belonging



Latina Sexuality, Reproduction, and Fertility as Threats to the Nation



Latina Fertility and Reproduction Reconsidered



Media Spectacles and the Production of Neoliberal Citizen-Subjects



Organ Transplants and the Privileges of Citizenship



The Minuteman Project's Spectacle of Surveillance on the Arizona-Mexico Border



The Immigrant Marches of 2006 and the Struggle for Inclusion


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index