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Record Nr.

UNINA9910845067903321

Autore

Vasquez Jessica M

Titolo

Mexican Americans across generations : immigrant families, racial realities / / Jessica M. Vasquez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-8147-8843-2

0-8147-8836-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Disciplina

973/.046872

Soggetti

Mexican Americans - Cultural assimilation - California

Mexican Americans - California - Social conditions - 21st century

California Ethnic relations

California Race relations

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 (p. 269-282) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Thinned attachment : heritage is slipping through our fingers -- Cultural maintenance : a pot of beans on the stove -- Tortillas in the shape of the United States : marriage and the families we choose -- Whiter is better : discrimination in everyday life -- Fit to be good cooks and good mechanics : racialization in schools -- As much hamburger as taco : third-generation Mexican Americans -- Conclusion : racialization despite assimilation.

Sommario/riassunto

Studies middle class Mexican American families across three generations and their experiences of racism and assimilation.