Abrego / Negrón-Gonzales We Are Not Dreamers

Undocumented Scholars Theorize Undocumented Life in the United States
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4780-1238-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 263 Seiten

The contributors to We Are Not Dreamers—who are themselves currently or formerly undocumented—call for the elimination of the Dreamer narrative, showing how it establishes high expectations for who deserves citizenship and marginalizes large numbers of undocumented youth.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abrego, Leisy J.

Negrón-Gonzales, Genevieve

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction / Leisy J. Abrego and Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales 1
1. "Other" Borders: The Illegal as Normative Metaphor / Joel Sati 23
2. "I felt like an embarrassment to the undocumented community": Undocumented Students Navigating Academic Probation and Unrealistic Expectations / Grecia Mondragón 45
3. Disrupting Diversity: Undocumented Students in the Neoliberal University / Gabrielle Cabrera 66
4. American't: Redefining Citizenship in the U.S. Undocumented Immigrant Youth Movement / Gabriela Monico 87
5. Contesting "Citizenship": The Testimonies of Undocumented Immigrant Activist Women / Gabriela Garcia Cruz 110
6. Undocumented Young Adults' Heightened Vulnerability in the Trump Era / Carolina Valdivia 127
7. Beyond Identity: Coming Out as UndocuQueer / Maria Liliana Ramirez 146
8. Me Vestí De Reina: Trans and Queer Sonic Spatial Entitlement / Audrey Silvestre 168
9. Legalization Through Marriage: When Love and Papers Converge / Lucía León 190
10. Undocumented Queer Parenting: Navigating External and Internal Threats to Family / Katy Joseline Maldonado Dominguez 211
Appendix: Keywords / Katy Joseline Maldonado Dominguez 235
Contributors 241
Index 245

Über Autor(innen)

Leisy J. Abrego is Professor of Chicana/o and Central American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles and author of Sacrificing Families: Navigating Laws, Labor, and Love across Borders.

Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales is Associate Professor of Education at the University of San Francisco and coauthor of Encountering Poverty: Thinking and Acting in an Unequal World.