UID:
almahu_9949384075902882
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 199 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
0429490720
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0429955758
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0429955766
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9780429490729
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9780429955754
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9780429955761
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in development, mobilities and migration
Content:
Whilst many undocumented migrants in the United States continue to exist in the shadows, since the turn of the millennium an increasing number have emerged within public debate, casting themselves against the dominant discursive trope of the "illegal alien," and entering the struggle over political self-representation. Drawing on a range of life narratives published from 2001 to 2016, this book explores how undocumented migrants have represented themselves in various narrative forms in the context of the DREAM Act and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) movement.By reading these self-representations as both a product of America's changing views on citizenship and membership, and an arena where such views can potentially be challenged, the book interrogates the role such self-representations have played not only in constructing undocumented migrant identities, but also in shaping social borders. At a time when the inclusion and exclusion of (potential) citizens is once again highly debated in the United States, the book concludes by giving a potential indication of where views on undocumented migration might be headed. This interdisciplinary exploration of migrant narratives will be of interest to scholars and researchers across American Literary and Cultural Studies, Citizenship Studies, and Ethnic and Migration Studies.
Note:
Cover; Half Title; Book Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of abbreviations and acronyms; A note on language; "Migrant"/"immigrant"; "Illegal alien"; "Undocumented"; References; Introduction: documenting the undocumented; Why life narratives of undocumented migrants?; The role of life narratives and self-representations; Chapter overview; Notes; References; Part I: From aliens to DREAMers; 1: The making of the "illegal alien"; The first aliens; The making of the legal alien; From "wetback" to "illegal alien."
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4: The undocumented movement comes of age: Underground Undergrads: UCLA Undocumented Immigrant Students Speak Out; The undocumented movement after the 2007 DREAM Act defeat; UCLA's Underground Undergrads; A focus on undocumented community; Notes; References; 5: Unapologetic, unafraid, undocuqueer: Jose Antonio Vargas' "Outlaw"; Post-2010 undocumented activism; Jose Antonio Vargas' "Outlaw"; Self-disclosure and confession; Notes; References; Part III: Life writing by undocumented migrants; 6: From DREAM Act to DACA, from life narrative to life writing: Dan-el Padilla Peralta's Undocumented.
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Post-2012 or post-DACA undocumented activism; Dan-el Padilla Peralta's Undocumented; A successful balancing act?; Notes; References; 7: Challenging how to narrate undocumentedness: José Ángel N.'s Illegal; New modes of belonging; Notes; References; Concluding remarks: undocumented in Trump's America; An unprecedented development?; An outlook on post-2016 activism; Notes; References; Index.
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The transcription of the "illegal alien" trope into the twenty-first century; Notes; References; 2: A pathway to citizenship for "illegal aliens"; The impossibility of becoming a US citizen; Creating a pathway; From DREAM Act to Dreamers' Stories; Notes; References; Part II: Life narratives by undocumented migrants; 3: The beginnings of the undocumented movement: the first congressional testimonies; The genesis of the undocumented movement; Bearing testimony at a congressional hearing; Establishing the generic DREAMer narrative; Notes; References.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Batzke, Ina. Undocumented migrants in the United States. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2018] ISBN 9781138591011
Language:
English
Keywords:
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URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429490729
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