The border crossed us : rhetorics of borders, citizenship, and Latina/o identity /
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Author / Creator: | Cisneros, Josue David, 1981- author. |
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Imprint: | Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University Alabama Press, 2013. ©2013 |
Description: | 1 online resource (248 pages) |
Language: | English |
Series: | Rhetoric, culture, and social critique Rhetoric, culture, and social critique. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11224375 |
Summary: | Explores efforts to restrict and expand notions of US citizenship as they relate specifically to the US-Mexico border and Latina/o identity <br> <br> Borders and citizenship go hand in hand. Borders define a nation as a territorial entity and create the parameters for national belonging. But the relationship between borders and citizenship breeds perpetual anxiety over the purported sanctity of the border, the security of a nation, and the integrity of civic identity.<br> <br> In The Border Crossed Us , Josue David Cisneros addresses these themes as they relate to the US-Mexico border, arguing that issues ranging from the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848 to contemporary debates about Latina/o immigration and border security are negotiated rhetorically through public discourse. He explores these rhetorical battles through case studies of specific Latina/o struggles for civil rights and citizenship, including debates about Mexican American citizenship in the 1849 California Constitutional Convention, 1960s Chicana/o civil rights movements, and modern-day immigrant activism.<br> <br> Cisneros posits that borders--both geographic and civic--have crossed and recrossed Latina/o communities throughout history (the book's title derives from the popular activist chant, "We didn't cross the border; the border crossed us!") and that Latina/os in the United States have long contributed to, struggled with, and sought to cross or challenge the borders of belonging, including race, culture, language, and gender.<br> <br> The Border Crossed Us illuminates the enduring significance and evolution of US borders and citizenship, and provides programmatic and theoretical suggestions for the continued study of these critical issues. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 pages) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780817387235 0817387234 0817318127 9780817318123 |