The border crossed us : rhetorics of borders, citizenship, and Latina/o identity

The border crossed us : rhetorics of borders, citizenship, and Latina/o identity /

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"The Border Crossed Us explores efforts to restrict and expand notions of US citizenship as they relate specifically to the US-Mexico border and Latina/o identity"--

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author:	Cisneros, Josue David, 1981- (Author)
Other Authors:	Watson, Mary Elizabeth
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University Alabama Press, 2013
Series:	Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
Subjects:	Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity. Mexican Americans > Civil rights > History. Citizenship > Social aspects. Mexican-American Border Region > Ethnic relations > History. Mexican-American Border Region > Emigration and immigration.
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

Table of Contents:

Introduction: On Border Crossings and the Crossing Border
1. Negotiating the Border: Race, Coloniality, and Citizenship in Nineteenth-Century California
2. Inhabiting the Border: Radical Rhetoric and Social Movement in 1960s New Mexico
3. Rebordering the Nation: Hybrid Rhetoric in the Immigrant Marches of 2006
4. Beyond Borders? Citizenship and Contemporary Latina/o and Immigrant Social Movements
Conclusion: Denaturalizing Borders and Citizenship.