UID:
almahu_9949708724302882
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 241 pages).
ISBN:
9780252054303
Series Statement:
Illinois scholarship online
Content:
Immigrants to the United States have long used the armed forces as a shortcut to citizenship. Cristina-Ioana Dragomir profiles Lily, Alexa, and Vikrant, three immigrants of varying nationalities and backgrounds who chose military service as their way of becoming American citizens. Privileging the trio's own words and experiences, Dragomir crafts a human-focused narrative that moves from their lives in their home countries and decisions to join the military to their fraught naturalization processes within the service. Dragomir illuminates how race, ethnicity, class, and gender impacted their transformation from immigrant to soldier, veteran, and American. She explores how these factors both eased their journeys and created obstacles that complicated their access to healthcare, education, economic resources, and other forms of social justice.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2023.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780252045035
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5622/illinois/9780252045035.001.0001
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