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Author:

Flores, Lisa A. author.

Title:

Deportable and disposable : public rhetoric and the making of the "illegal" immigrant / Lisa A. Flores.

Publisher:

The Pennsylvania State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xiii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Illegal aliens--United States--History--20th century.
Mexicans--United States--History--20th century.
Foreign workers--United States--History--20th century.
Rhetoric--History--United States--History--20th century.
United States--History--Government policy--History--20th century.
Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
Foreign workers.
Illegal aliens.
Mexicans.
Rhetoric--Political aspects.
United States.
1900-1999
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Making "Mexican" in deportability and "illegality" -- The threat of race -- The promise of race and the whiteness of nation -- Seeing race, recognizing Mexican "illegality" -- Conclusion : border ambivalence and the rhetorical complexities of "illegality."

Summary:

"Studies popular tropes in the United States for Mexican immigrants, tracing the history and usage of terms that were shaped by race, class, and national borders"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Rhetoric and democratic deliberation ; volume 24

ISBN:

0271087889
9780271087887

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1141129284

LCCN:

2020034972

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)