Family activism [electronic resource] : immigrant struggles and the politics of noncitizenship / Amalia Pallares.

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"Drawing upon the idea of the "impossible activism" of undocumented immigrants, Amalia Pallares argues that those without legal status defy this "impossible" context by relying on the politicization of the family to challenge justice within contemporary immigration law. The culmination of a seven-ye...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pallares, Amalia, 1965-
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2015.
Series:Latinidad: transnational cultures in the United States.
Subjects:
Immigrant families > United States.
Families > Political aspects > United States.
Immigrants > United States > Social conditions.
Immigrant families > Illinois > Chicago.
Immigrants > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Chicago (Ill.) > Emigration and immigration.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2014 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2014 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2014 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Family Activism: Immigrant Struggles and the Politics of Noncitizenship
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Preface
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Immigrant Rights Activism and the Family Paradox1 From Reunification to Separation2 A Tale of Sanctuary: Agency, Representativity, and Motherhood3 Regarding Family: From Local to National Activism4 Our Youth, Our Families: DREAM Act Politics and Neoliberal NationalismConclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.