1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462118303321

Autore

Agius Vallejo Jody

Titolo

Barrios to burbs [[electronic resource] ] : the making of the Mexican-American middle class / / Jody Agius Vallejo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8047-8316-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

973/.046872

Soggetti

Middle class Mexican Americans

Mexican Americans - Social conditions

Social mobility - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Class, assimilation, and Mexican Americans -- Mexican Americans yesterday and today -- From the barrio to the Middle America : divergent class backgrounds and pathways into the middle class -- Family obligations, giving back, and middle-class individualism -- Mexicans or coconuts : middle-class minority and American identities -- Ethnic professional associations and the minority culture of mobility -- Conclusion : the new American middle class.

Sommario/riassunto

Too frequently, the media and politicians cast Mexican immigrants as a threat to American society. Given America's increasing ethnic diversity and the large size of the Mexican-origin population, an investigation of how Mexican immigrants and their descendants achieve upward mobility and enter the middle class is long overdue. Barrios to Burbs offers a new understanding of the Mexican American experience. Vallejo explores the challenges that accompany rapid social mobility and examines a new indicator of incorporation, a familial obligation to "give back" in social and financial support. She investigates the salience of middle-class Mexican Americans' ethnic identification and details how relationships with poorer coethnics and affluent whites evolve as immigrants and their descendants move into traditionally white middle-class occupations. Disputing the argument that Mexican



communities lack high quality resources and social capital that can help Mexican Americans incorporate into the middle class, Vallejo also examines civic participation in ethnic professional associations embedded in ethnic communities.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826615703321

Autore

Redden Shawna Malvini

Titolo

101 pat-downs : an undercover look at airport security and the TSA / / Shawna Malvini Redden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, Nebraska : , : Potomac Books, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-64012-362-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

363.28/760973

Soggetti

Aeronautics, Commercial - Security measures

Airports - Employees - Safety measures

Aeronautics, Commercial - Passenger traffic - Security measures

Terrorism - Prevention

Airports - Security measures

Airports - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Going undercover in airport security -- From the Golden Age of flying to security theatre in ninety days flat: How September 11, 2001, changed airport security forever -- "My House, My Rules": On stereotypical transportation security officers -- Fear and loathing in airport security: On stereotypical passengers -- Is that a salami in your purse? (Or are you happy to see me?): On contraband confiscation -- "One Shoe, Two Shoes, Red Shoes, Blue Shoes": On shoe removal -- No crying over stolen shampoo: On liquids and gels -- Naked scanners are for perverts: On advanced imaging technology -- Meeting resistance: On enhanced pat-downs -- Risk-based security and other things that are good in theory -- Even pilots have pat-downs, sometimes: Flight



crew tales -- On the front lines with "Screener Joe": On ideal transportation security officers -- Lemmings and sheeple: On ideal passengers -- Nice TSOs finish last: On mindful transportation security officers -- The traveling unicorn: On mindful passengers -- Traveling with identity baggage: How intersecting identities make security more difficult -- Conclusion: What an undercover look at airport security reveals about communication, emotion, and identity.

Sommario/riassunto

"101 Pat-Downs traces the history of airport security since September 11, 2001, introducing assorted "characters" of airport security, from passengers who check their brains with their baggage to TSA agents who break the stereotypes"--