The Boundaries of Belonging : Online Work of Immigration-Related Social Movement Organizations / by Bernadette Nadya Jaworsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jaworsky, Bernadette Nadya., Author.

Series:

Cultural Sociology, 2946-3580

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture.

Emigration and immigration.

Sociology of Culture.

Human Migration.

Local Subjects:

Sociology of Culture.

Human Migration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVI, 295 p. 5 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Summary:

This book addresses an issue currently making political headlines in the United States-immigration. Immigrants have long engendered debates about the boundaries of belonging, with some singing their praises and others warning of their dangers. In particular, the 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the country provoke heated disagreements with issues of legality and morality at the forefront. Increasingly, such debates take place online, by organizations in the immigrant rights and the immigration control movements, who engage in symbolic work that includes blurring, crossing, maintaining, solidifying, and shifting the boundaries of belonging. Based on data collected from 29 national-level groups, this book features a cultural sociological analysis of the online materials deployed by social movement organizations debating immigration in the United States.

Contents:

1. Debating Immigration

2. The Boundaries of Belonging

3. Family Matters

4. The Price of Citizenship

5. Evaluating Values

6. Symbolic Boundaries in Action. .

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

9783319437477

331943747X