Mexican Americans across generations : immigrant families, racial realities /

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Author / Creator:Vasquez, Jessica M.
Imprint:New York : New York University Press, c2011.
Description:xiii, 301 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8369689
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ISBN:9780814788288 (cl : alk. paper)
0814788289 (cl : alk. paper)
9780814788295 (pb : alk. paper)
0814788297 (pb : alk. paper)
9780814788363 (e-book)
081478836X (e-book)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Thinned attachment : heritage is slipping through our fingers
  • Cultural maintenance : a pot of beans on the stove
  • Tortillas in the shape of the United States : marriage and the families we choose
  • Whiter is better : discrimination in everyday life
  • Fit to be good cooks and good mechanics : racialization in schools
  • As much hamburger as taco : third-generation Mexican Americans
  • Conclusion : racialization despite assimilation.