White nativism, ethnic identity and US immigration policy reform : American citizenship and children in mixed status, Hispanic families / Maria del Mar Farina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Del Mar Farina, Maria, author.

Series:

Routledge advances in health and social policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans--History--21st century.

Hispanic Americans.

Hispanic Americans--Ethnic identity.

White people--Race identity--United States.

White people.

White people--Race identity.

Emigration and immigration.

Government policy.

Social aspects.

Prejudices.

Mexican American children.

Assimilation (Sociology).

Deportation.

History.

United States.

Deportation--Government policy--United States.

Immigrants--Government policy--United States.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Government policy.

Mexican American children--Cultural assimilation.

Prejudices--Political aspects--United States.

Latin America--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Latin America.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--Social aspects.

Children of immigrants.

Citizenship.

Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Physical Description:

xii, 223 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Summary:

"Analysing US immigration and deportation policy over the last twenty years, this book illustrates how US immigration reform can be conceived as a psychological, legal, policy-driven tool which is inexorably entwined with themes of American identity, national belonging and white nativism. Focusing on Hispanic immigration and American-born children of Mexican parentage, the author incorporates critical discourse analysis to question how engrained sociocultural and psychological attitudes can play an instrumental role in influencing political and legal processes. It is argued that contemporary American immigration policy reforms need to be conceptualized as a complex, conscious and unconscious White Nativist psychological, legal, defense mechanism related to identity preservation and contestation. Whilst building on existing theoretical frameworks, the author offers new empirical evidence on immigration processes and policy within the United States as well as original research involving the acculturation and identity development of children of Mexican immigrant parentage. It brings together themes of race, ethnicity and American national identity under a new psychological and sociopolitical framework examining macro and micro implications of recent US immigration policy reform. Subsequently this book will have broad appeal for academics, professionals and students who have an interest in political psychology, childhood studies, American immigration policy, constructions of national identity, critical race and ethnic studies, and the Mexican diaspora."--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201) and index.

ISBN:

9781138234376

1138234370

OCLC:

1004729842