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Shadowed Lives Leo R. Chavez

Shadowed Lives By Leo R. Chavez

Shadowed Lives by Leo R. Chavez


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This anthropological analysis of undocumented US immigrants aims to humanize the group often reduced to statistics and stereotypes. The hardships of Hispanic migration are conveyed in the immigrants' own voices while the author's voice raises questions about incorporation into American society.

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Shadowed Lives: Undocumented Immigrants in American Society by Leo R. Chavez

One of the few case studies of undocumented immigrants available, this insightful anthropological analysis humanizes a group of people too often reduced to statistics and stereotypes. The hardships of Hispanic migration are conveyed in the immigrants' own voices while the author's voice raises questions about power, stereotypes, settlement, and incorporation into American society.

Table of Contents

Introduction/Transition and Incorporation. The Setting. Separation. Crossing Borders. Life on the Farm. Suburban Shantytown and Refuge. Green Valley's Final Days. Families, Domestic Groups and Networks. Work. Learning to Live as an Illegal Alien. Incorporation. Epilogue. Bibliography. Glossary. Appendix/Films on Undocumented Immigrants. Index.

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CIN015508089XG
9780155080898
015508089X
Shadowed Lives: Undocumented Immigrants in American Society by Leo R. Chavez
Used - Good
Paperback
Cengage Learning, Inc
19970714
240
N/A
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