Mexican Americans and the Question of Race /

Mexican Americans and the Question of Race / / Julie A. Dowling.

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With Mexican Americans constituting a large and growing segment of U.S. society, their assimilation trajectory has become a constant source of debate. Some believe Mexican Americans are following the path of European immigrants toward full assimilation into whiteness, while others argue that they re...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Dowling, Julie A.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2014
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (173 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Question of Race
  • 2. “I’m white ’cause I’m an American, right?”: The Meanings of Whiteness for Mexican Americans
  • 3. “We were never white”: Mexican Americans Identifying Outside the Bounds of Whiteness
  • 4. “In Mexico I was . . .”: Translating Racial Identities Across the Border
  • 5. “That’s what we call ourselves here”: Mexican Americans and Mexican Immigrants Negotiating Racial Labeling in Daily Life
  • 6. Re-envisioning Our Understanding of Latino Racial Identity
  • Appendix: Notes on Methodology
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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