Mexican Americans across generations : : immigrant families, racial realities / / Jessica M. Vasquez.

Studies middle class Mexican American families across three generations and their experiences of racism and assimilation.

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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (316 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Thinned attachment : heritage is slipping through our fingers
  • Cultural maintenance : a pot of beans on the stove
  • Tortillas in the shape of the United States : marriage and the families we choose
  • Whiter is better : discrimination in everyday life
  • Fit to be good cooks and good mechanics : racialization in schools
  • As much hamburger as taco : third-generation Mexican Americans
  • Conclusion : racialization despite assimilation.