Working the Boundaries : Race, Space, and "Illegality" in Mexican Chicago PDF
by De Genova Nicholas De Genova
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De Genova worked for two and a half years as a teacher of English in ten industrial workplaces (primarily metal-fabricating factories) throughout Chicago and its suburbs. In Working the Boundaries he draws on fieldwork conducted in these factories, in community centers, and in the homes and neighborhoods of Mexican migrants. He describes how the meaning of "Mexican" is refigured and racialized in relation to a U.S. social order dominated by a black-white binary. Delving into immigration law, he contends that immigration policies have worked over time to produce Mexicans as the U.S. nation-state's iconic "illegal aliens." He explains how the constant threat of deportation is used to keep Mexican workers in line. Working the Boundaries is a major contribution to theories of race and transnationalism and a scathing indictment of U.S. labor and citizenship policies.
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- Pages:348 pages
- Publisher:Duke University Press
- Publication Date:18/10/2005
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- ISBN:9780822387091
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:348 pages
- Publisher:Duke University Press
- Publication Date:18/10/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780822387091