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Auteur(s) : Mohamed, Heather Silber
Titre(s) : The new Americans? [Texte imprimé] : immigration, protest, and the politics of Latino identity / Heather Silber Mohamed
Publication : Lawrence : University press of Kansas, copyright 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVI- 242 p.) ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 199-228
"In 2006, millions of Latinos mobilized in opposition to H.R. 4437, an immigration
proposal pending before the US Congress. In her new book, Heather Silber Mohamed suggests
that these unprecedented protests marked a turning point for the Latino population--a
point that is even more salient ten years later as the issue of immigration roils
the politics of the 2016 presidential election. In The New Americans? Silber Mohamed
explores the complexities of the Latino community, particularly as it is united and
divided by the increasingly pressing questions of immigration. The largest minority
group in the United States, Latinos are also one of the most diverse. The New Americans?
focuses on the three largest national origin groups--Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and
Cubans--as well as two rapidly growing subgroups, Salvadorans and Dominicans, charting
similarities and differences defined by country of origin, gender, tenure in the country,
and language. Taking advantage of a unique natural experiment, Silber Mohamed's study
also shows how the messages advanced during the 2006 protests led group members to
raise immigration rights to the level of traditional concerns about economics and
education and think differently about what it means to be American--and, furthermore,
to think more distinctly of themselves as American. A concise discussion of major
developments in US immigration policy over the last fifty years, The New Americans?
explores the varied historical experiences of the different Latino national origin
groups. It also traces the evolving role of Latino social movements as a vehicle for
political incorporation over the last century. In its in-depth analysis of the diversity
of the Latino population, particularly in response to the politics of immigration,
the book illuminates questions at the heart of American political culture: specifically,
what does it mean to "become" American?"--Publisher's website
Sujet(s) : Américains d'origine latino-américaine -- Conditions sociales -- 1990-2020
Américains d'origine latino-américaine -- Identité collective
Relations interethniques -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis
Indice(s) Dewey :
305.868 073 (23e éd.) = Sociologie des Américains d'origine espagnole - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780700623853. - ISBN 070062385X. - ISBN 9780700623860. - ISBN 0700623868. -
ISBN 9780700623877 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45324891d
Notice n° :
FRBNF45324891
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : "We are America" ; Becoming American: the politics-to-identity link ; From assimilation
to nationalism to "we are America": immigration law, social movements, and identity
frames, 1900s-2006 ; The immigration paradox: Latino policy priorities and the limits
of pan-ethnic unity ; Defining American: identification, political socialization,
and protest politics ; American identities: self-perception among Latinos in the
United States ; Can protests make Latinos "American"? The 2006 marches and the politics-to-identity
link ; Epilogue.
