Deportable and disposable : public rhetoric and the making of the "illegal" immigrant /
Flores, Lisa A.,author.
"Studies popular tropes in the United States for Mexican immigrants, tracing the history and usage of terms that were shaped by race, class, and national borders"--
Print on demand edition.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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."
"Studies popular tropes in the United States for Mexican immigrants, tracing the history and usage of terms that were shaped by race, class, and national borders"--
Illegal aliens
Mexicans
Foreign workers
Rhetoric
Emigration and immigration
Foreign workers.
Illegal aliens.
Mexicans.
Rhetoric