03178nam 2200613 450 991078915340332120230126211839.00-292-75402-710.7560/754010(CKB)3710000000081482(EBL)3443714(SSID)ssj0001084604(PQKBManifestationID)11667940(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001084604(PQKBWorkID)11047594(PQKB)11232767(MiAaPQ)EBC3443714(OCoLC)867631076(MdBmJHUP)muse34474(Au-PeEL)EBL3443714(CaPaEBR)ebr10823668(DE-B1597)588697(DE-B1597)9780292754027(EXLCZ)99371000000008148220140118d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMexican Americans and the question of race /Julie A. DowlingFirst edition.Austin, Texas :University of Texas Press,2014.©20141 online resource (173 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-292-75401-9 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.With Mexican Americans constituting a large and growing segment of U.S. society, their assimilation trajectory has become a constant source of debate. Some believe Mexican Americans are following the path of European immigrants toward full assimilation into whiteness, while others argue that they remain racialized as nonwhite. Drawing on extensive interviews with Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants in Texas, Dowling’s research challenges common assumptions about what informs racial labeling for this population. Her interviews demonstrate that for Mexican Americans, racial ideology is key to how they assert their identities as either in or outside the bounds of whiteness. Emphasizing the link between racial ideology and racial identification, Dowling offers an insightful narrative that highlights the complex and highly contingent nature of racial identity.Mexican AmericansRace identityMexican AmericansSocial conditionsUnited StatesRace relationsMexican AmericansRace identity.Mexican AmericansSocial conditions.305.868/72073Dowling Julie A.1975-1559874MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789153403321Mexican Americans and the question of race3850628UNINA