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03447aam a2200421 i 4500 001 768FE1066B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 130710s2014 alu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013021478 020 $a 0817318127 (trade cloth) 020 $a 9780817318123 (trade cloth) 035 $a (OCoLC)852681819 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-mx--- $a n-ust-- $a n-mx--- 050 00 $a E184.M5 C57 2014 082 00 $a 973/.046872 $2 23 084 $a SOC044000 $a SOC044000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Cisneros, Josue David, $d 1981- $e author. 245 14 $a The border crossed us : $b rhetorics of borders, citizenship, and Latina/o identity / $c Josue David Cisneros. 264 1 $a Tuscaloosa, [Alabama] : $b The University Alabama Press, $c [2014] 300 $a xv, 229 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Rhetoric, culture, and social critique 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "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. 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. 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. 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. 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Mexican Americans $x Ethnic identity. 650 0 $a Mexican Americans $x History. $x History. 651 0 $a Mexican-American Border Region $x History. $x History. 651 0 $a Mexican-American Border Region $x Emigration and immigration. 650 0 $a Citizenship $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies. $2 bisacsh 830 0 $a Rhetoric, culture, and social critique. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210707013936.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=768FE1066B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search