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Citizenship : notes on an American myth / Daisy Hernández.
LIBRA JK1759 .H427 2026
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hernández, Daisy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hernández, Daisy--Family.
- Hernández, Daisy.
- Citizenship--United States.
- Citizenship.
- Hispanic Americans--Social conditions.
- Hispanic Americans.
- Americanization--Social aspects.
- Americanization.
- Emigration and immigration law--United States.
- Emigration and immigration law.
- Physical Description:
- 287 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Notes on an American myth
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Hogarth, [2026]
- Summary:
- "In this one-of-a-kind book, Daisy Hernández fiercely interrogates one of the most complicated subjects of contemporary life and politics: citizenship. Braiding memoir, history, and cultural criticism, she exposes the truths and lies of how we define ourselves as a country and a people. Turning to her own family's stories-her mother arrived from Colombia, her father a political refugee from Castro's Cuba-Hernández shows how the very idea of citizenship is a myth and part of the stories we tell ourselves about the American soul and psyche. Reframing our understanding of what it means to be an American, Citizenship is an urgent and necessary account of the laws, customs, and language we use to include and exclude, especially those who come from Latin America. With her scholar's mind and memoirist's gift for narrative, Hernández weaves a story both personal and national, while reckoning with our country's ongoing debate about who belongs and providing fresh ways of thinking about citizenship. At once bracing, fearless, and tender, Citizenship is a powerful portrait of one family's experiences in the borderlands of citizenship and an honest illumination of the country in which we live."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Invitations
- Ajedrez
- A place called Negro
- The white man who loved me
- Queer kin
- Chingona citizenship
- The people
- Gracias
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version Hernández, Daisy Notes on citizenship
- ISBN:
- 9780593730171
- 0593730178
- OCLC:
- 1540975310
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