Mexican Americans and the question of race [electronic resource] / Julie A. Dowling.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014. 2015)Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN:- 9780292754027
- 0292754027
- 305.868/72073 23
- E184.M5 D69 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The question of race -- "I'm white 'cause I'm an American, right?": the meanings of whiteness for Mexican Americans -- "We were never white": Mexican Americans identifying outside the bounds of whiteness -- "In Mexico I was . . .": translating racial identities across the border -- "That's what we call ourselves here": Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants negotiating racial labeling in daily life -- Re-envisioning our understanding of Latino racial identity.
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