Specters of belonging : the political life cycle of Mexican migrants / Adriâan Fâelix.
Series: Studies in subaltern Latina/o politics: ; Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190932084 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Mexicans -- United States -- Politics and government | Mexican Americans -- Politics and government | Mexican Americans -- Attitudes | Naturalization -- United States | Citizenship -- United States | Return migration -- Mexico | United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects | Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspectsAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190879365DDC classification: 973.046872 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Drawing on his experiences leading citizenship classes for Mexican migrants and working with cross-border activists, Adriâan Fâelix examines the political lives (and deaths) of Mexican migrants in Specters of Belonging. Tracing transnationalism across the different stages of the migrant political life cycle - beginning with the so-called political baptism of naturalization and ending with the practice by which migrant bodies are repatriated to Mexico for burial after death, Fâelix reveals the varied ways in which Mexican transnational subjects practice citizenship in the United States as well as Mexico.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Drawing on his experiences leading citizenship classes for Mexican migrants and working with cross-border activists, Adriâan Fâelix examines the political lives (and deaths) of Mexican migrants in Specters of Belonging. Tracing transnationalism across the different stages of the migrant political life cycle - beginning with the so-called political baptism of naturalization and ending with the practice by which migrant bodies are repatriated to Mexico for burial after death, Fâelix reveals the varied ways in which Mexican transnational subjects practice citizenship in the United States as well as Mexico.
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