Mothers without citizenship : Asian immigrant families and the consequences of welfare reform / Lynn Fujiwara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fujiwara, Lynn, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women immigrants--Services for--United States.

Women immigrants.

Asian American women--Services for--United States.

Asian American women.

Children of immigrants--Services for--United States.

Children of immigrants.

Public welfare--United States.

Public welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lynn Fujiwara reveals a neglected aspect of the Asian immigrant story: the ill effects of welfare reform on Asian immigrant women and families. Fujiwara argues that these measures redefined immigrants as outsiders whose lack of citizenship was used to deem them ineligible for public benefits. At once astute policy analysis and insightful research, Mothers without Citizenship offers nuance to the discussion of the consequences of social policy on Asian immigrant communities.

Contents:

Introduction : sanctioning immigrants : "ending welfare as we know it"

New nativism and welfare reform: Asian immigrants as racialized foreigners

Welfare reform and the politics of citizenship

Refugees betrayed

The rush for citizenship : naturalization as a technocratic apparatus of exclusion

On not making ends meet : mothers without citizenship

The devaluation of immigrant families

Conclusion : the continuing significance of racialized citizenship.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5662-2

OCLC:

476167537