TY  - BOOK
AU  - Plascencia,Luis F.B.
TI  - Disenchanting Citizenship: Mexican Migrants and the Boundaries of Belonging 
T2  - Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the
SN  - 9780813552798
AV  - E184.M5 P59 2012
U1  - 305.868/72073 23
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - New Brunswick, NJ : 
PB  - Rutgers University Press, 
KW  - Aliens
KW  - United States
KW  - Citizenship
KW  - Mexican Americans
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Ethnic identity
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Mexicans
KW  - Migrations
KW  - Noncitizens
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: Locating Citizenships --; 1. Fields of Citizenship --; 2. The Janus Face of Citizenship: The Side of Inclusion --; 3. The Janus Face of Citizenship: The Side of Exclusion --; 4. The Making of Citizens: Promoting and Schooling --; 5. Bearing True Faith and Allegiance: Entering the Circle of Citizenship --; 6. Desire, Sacrifice, and Disenchantment --; Conclusion --; Epilogue: The Boundaries of Birth and Power --; Notes --; Works Cited --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Central to contemporary debates in the United States on migration and migrant policy is the idea of citizenship, and—as apparent in the continued debate over Arizona’s immigration law SB 1070—this issue remains a focal point of contention, with a key concern being whether there should be a path to citizenship for “undocumented” migrants. In Disenchanting Citizenship, Luis F. B. Plascencia examines two interrelated issues: U.S. citizenship and the Mexican migrants’ position in the United States. The book explores the meaning of U.S. citizenship through the experience of a unique group of Mexican migrants who were granted Temporary Status under the “legalization” provisions of the 1986 IRCA, attained Lawful Permanent Residency, and later became U.S. citizens. Plascencia integrates an extensive and multifaceted collection of interviews, ethnographic fieldwork, ethno-historical research, and public policy analysis in examining efforts that promote the acquisition of citizenship, the teaching of citizenship classes, and naturalization ceremonies. Ultimately, he unearths citizenship’s root as a Janus-faced construct that encompasses a simultaneous process of inclusion and exclusion. This notion of citizenship is mapped on to the migrant experience, arguing that the acquisition of citizenship can lead to disenchantment with the very status desired. In the end, Plascencia expands our understanding of the dynamics of U.S. citizenship as a form of membership and belonging
UR  - https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813553344
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813553344
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780813553344/original
ER  -