An edition of Working the boundaries (2005)

Working the boundaries

race, space, and "illegality" in Mexican Chicago

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An edition of Working the boundaries (2005)

Working the boundaries

race, space, and "illegality" in Mexican Chicago

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Nicholas De Genova provides an ethnographic study of transnational migration, racialisation, labour subordination and citizenship in Chicago's Mexican migrant community.

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Duke University Press
Language
English
Pages
329

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Subjects

Emigration and immigration Illegal aliens Immigrants Mexican Americans Mexicans Nationalism Political aspects of Emigration and immigration Race relations Social conditions Study and teaching Nationalism, united states Emigration and immigration, government policy Mexico, emigration and immigration Political aspects Noncitizens Illegal immigration Undocumented Immigrants Américains d'origine mexicaine Étude et enseignement Conditions sociales Émigration et immigration Aspect politique Immigrants clandestins Mexicains Nationalisme Aliens Chicanos Einwanderung Ethnische Beziehungen Ethnische Identität Grenze Soziale Integration Soziale Situation Relations raciales Universidad Sergio Arboleda

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Chicago Chicago (Ill.) Illinois Mexico United States
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Cover of: Working the boundaries
Working the boundaries: race, space, and "illegality" in Mexican Chicago
2006, Duke University Press
in English
Cover of: Working the boundaries
Working the boundaries: race, space, and "illegality" in Mexican Chicago
2005, Duke University Press
in English
Cover of: Working the Boundaries
Working the Boundaries: Race, Space, and Illegality in Mexican Chicago
2005, Duke University Press
in English

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Table of Contents

Introduction : working the boundaries
Decolonizing ethnography
The "native's point of view" : immigration and the immigrant as objects of U.S. nationalism
Locating a Mexican Chicago in the space of the U.S. nation-state
The politics of production
Reracialization : between "Americans" and Blacks
The legal production of Mexican/migrant "illegality".

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Durham, N.C

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.868/720977311
Library of Congress
F548.9.M5 D425 2005, F548.9.M5D425 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
v. cm.
Number of pages
329

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3393967M
ISBN 10
082233626X, 0822336154
LCCN
2005004621
OCLC/WorldCat
57754319
Wikidata
Q57234491
LibraryThing
1152191
Goodreads
4803695
957594

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Work ID
OL5816554W

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