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How does it feel to be unwanted? : stories of resistance and resilience from Mexicans living in the United States

Title
How does it feel to be unwanted? : stories of resistance and resilience from Mexicans living in the United States / Eileen Truax ; translated by Diane Stockwell.
Author
Truax, Eileen
Publication
  • Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2018]
  • ©2018

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Additional Authors
Stockwell, Diane
Description
208 pages; 23 cm
Summary
"Many Mexicans in the US are subjected to rights violations, inequality, and violence--and have profound feelings of being unwanted in the country they call home. These thirteen stories show the diversity of this frequently stereotyped population, as well as their resilience. We meet Jeanette Vizguerra, who came to symbolize the sanctuary movement when she took shelter in a Denver church in February 2017 to avoid deportation. There's Alberto Mendoza, who suffered persecution as a gay man for years and in 2013 founded Honor 41, a national Latina/o LGBTQ organization. You'll encounter Mónica Robles, the undocumented mother of three US citizens who is literally confined to a strip of territory between two checkpoints. And there's Al Labrada, who crossed the border as a child, became a citizen by joining the military, and is now a captain in the Los Angeles Police Department. Dreamers, their allies, and anyone who cares about immigration justice and the experience of Mexicans in the US will be compelled by this rich, inclusive compilation."--Page 4 of cover.
Subject
  • Mexicans > United States
  • Immigrants > United States
  • Discrimination > United States
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies
  • Discrimination
  • Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
  • Immigrants
  • Mexicans
  • United States > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
  • Mexico > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
  • Mexico
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-208).
Contents
Introduction : Thirty Years of Resistance -- A Better Life -- Why Don't They Want Us? -- Oaxacalifornia -- A Question of Honor -- Sanctuary -- A Life Lived Within Twenty-Nine Miles -- Life Is No Disneyland -- Captain of His People -- Families Caught Between Two Worlds -- Little Legs, Big Dreams -- The Future Is Female -- Lawyer Dreams -- Boycott -- Epilogue.
Call Number
JFE 19-684
ISBN
  • 9780807073384
  • 0807073385
LCCN
  • 2018005022
  • 40028528150
OCLC
1016349103
Author
Truax, Eileen, author.
Title
How does it feel to be unwanted? : stories of resistance and resilience from Mexicans living in the United States / Eileen Truax ; translated by Diane Stockwell.
Publisher
Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-208).
Added Author
Stockwell, Diane, translator.
Other Form:
Online version: Truax, Eileen, author. How does it feel to be unwanted? Boston : Beacon Press, 2018 9780807073414 (DLC) 2018018254
Other Standard Identifier
40028528150
Research Call Number
JFE 19-684
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