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Deportable and disposable : public rhetoric and the making of the "illegal" immigrant / Lisa A. Flores.
LIBRA JV6483 .F66 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flores, Lisa A., author.
- Series:
- Rhetoric and democratic deliberation ; v. 24.
- Rhetoric and democratic deliberation ; volume 24
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Noncitizens--United States--History--20th century.
- Noncitizens.
- Illegal immigration--United States--History--20th century.
- Illegal immigration.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Government policy.
- History.
- Foreign workers.
- Mexicans.
- United States.
- Mexicans--United States--History--20th century.
- Foreign workers--United States--History--20th century.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Rhetoric.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History--20th century.
- Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
- Undocumented immigrants.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Studies popular tropes in the United States for Mexican immigrants, tracing the history and usage of terms that were shaped by race, class, and national borders"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Making "Mexican" in Deportability and "Illegality"
- 2. The Threat of Race
- 3. The Promise of Race and the Whiteness of Nation
- 4. Seeing Race, Recognizing Mexican "Illegality".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271087887
- 0271087889
- OCLC:
- 1141129284
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