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Record Nr.

UNISA996352544103316

Autore

Enriquez Laura E.

Titolo

Of love and papers : how immigration policy affects romance and family / / Laura E. Enriquez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

0-520-97548-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 pages)

Disciplina

306.70973

Soggetti

Hispanic Americans - Family relationships - United States

Noncitizens - Family relationships - United States

Illegal immigration - United States

Man-woman relationships - United States

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Forming Families in a Context of Illegality -- Chapter 2. “It’s Because He Wants Papers”: Choosing a Romantic Partner -- Chapter 3. “You Feel a Little Bit Less”: Gendered Illegality and Desirability When Dating -- Chapter 4. “It Affects Us, Our Future”: Negotiating Illegality as a Mixed-Status Couple -- Chapter 5. “It Was Time to Take That Step”: Pursuing Legalization through Marriage -- Chapter 6. “It’s a Constant Struggle”: Becoming and Being Parents -- Chapter 7. “I Can’t Offer Them What Other People Could”: Multigenerational Punishment of Citizen Children -- Chapter 8. Immigration Policy and the Future of Latino Families -- Appendix A. Reflections on Methods and Positionality -- Appendix B. Demographic Characteristics of Study Participants -- NOTES -- References -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.Of Love and Papers explores how immigration policies are fundamentally reshaping Latino families. Drawing on two waves of interviews with undocumented young adults, Enriquez investigates how immigration status creeps into the most personal



aspects of everyday life, intersecting with gender to constrain family formation. The imprint of illegality remains, even upon obtaining DACA or permanent residency. Interweaving the perspectives of US citizen romantic partners and children, Enriquez illustrates the multigenerational punishment that limits the upward mobility of Latino families. Of Love and Papers sparks an intimate understanding of contemporary US immigration policies and their enduring consequences for immigrant families.