LEADER 00000cam 2200529Mu 4500 001 ocn836403128 003 OCoLC 005 20140612123240.0 006 m o d 007 cr un- 008 130406s2013 xx o 000 0 eng d 020 9780804786188 020 0804786186 035 (OCoLC)836403128 035 (OCoLC)836403128 040 EBLCP|beng|cEBLCP|dOCLCQ|dYDXCP|dMEU|dSTJ|dDEBSZ 049 CKEA 050 4 PN4888.H57|b.C43 2013eb 082 04 305.868/073|a305.868073 100 1 Chavez, Leo. 245 14 The Latino Threat :|bConstructing Immigrants, Citizens and the Nation. 250 Second edition. 264 1 Palo Alto :|bStanford University Press,|c2013. 300 1 online resource (312 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 500 Description based upon print version of record. 500 GMD: electronic resource. 505 0 Part 1: Constructing and Challenging Myths; 1. The Latino Threat Narrative; 2. Cultural Contradictions of Citizenship and Belonging; 3. Latina Sexuality, Reproduction, and Fertility as Threats to the Nation; 4. Latina Fertility and Reproduction Reconsidered; Part 2: Media Spectacles and the Production of Neoliberal Citizen- Subjects; 5. Organ Transplants and the Privileges of Citizenship; 6. The Minuteman Project's Spectacle of Surveillance on the Arizona-Mexico Border 505 8 7. The Immigrant Marches of 2006 and the Struggle for Inclusion8. Dreamers and Anchor Babies; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index 520 News media and pundits too frequently perpetuate the notion that Latinos, particularly Mexicans, are an invading force bent on reconquering land once their own and destroying the American way of life. In this book, Leo R. Chavez contests this assumption's basic tenets, offering facts to counter the many fictions about the ""Latino threat."" With new discussion about anchor babies, the DREAM Act, and recent anti-immigrant legislation in Arizona and other states, this expanded second edition critically investigates the stories about recent immigrants to show how prejudices are used to malig. 650 0 Citizenship|zUnited States. 650 0 Emigration and immigration law|zUnited States. 650 0 Hispanic Americans|xPress coverage|zUnited States. 650 0 Immigrants|xCivil rights|zUnited States. 650 0 Prejudices in the press|zUnited States. 650 0 Immigrants in mass media. 650 0 Mexican Americans|xPress coverage|zUnited States. 655 0 Electronic books. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aChavez, Leo|tThe Latino Threat : Constructing Immigrants, Citizens and the Nation|dPalo Alto : Stanford University Press,c2013|z9780804783521 994 92|bCKE
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