Mexican Americans across generations
Subtitle: immigrant families, racial realities
By: Jessica M. Vasquez
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780814788288; 9780814788295; 9780814788363
Subjects: Social conditions; Cultural assimilation; Mexican Americans; Race relations; Ethnic relations
Description: Studies middle class Mexican American families across three generations and their experiences of racism and assimilation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index.
Table of contents: title: Thinned attachment : heritage is slipping through our fingers; title: Cultural maintenance : a pot of beans on the stove; title: Tortillas in the shape of the United States : marriage and the families we choose; title: Whiter is better : discrimination in everyday life; title: Fit to be good cooks and good mechanics : racialization in schools; title: As much hamburger as taco : third-generation Mexican Americans; title: Conclusion : racialization despite assimilation.