Deportable and Disposable : Public Rhetoric and the Making of the "Illegal" Immigrant /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Flores, Lisa A.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	University Park, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
Series:	Rhetoric and democratic deliberation ; 24.
Subjects:	Noncitizens > United States > History > 20th century. Mexicans > United States > History > 20th century. Foreign workers > United States > History > 20th century. Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century. United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy > History > 20th century. Illegal immigration > United States > History > 20th century. 1900-1999 Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Making "Mexican" in deportability and "illegality"
The threat of race
The promise of race and the whiteness of nation
Seeing race, recognizing Mexican "illegality"
Conclusion : border ambivalence and the rhetorical complexities of "illegality."