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Violence against Latina immigrants : citizenship, inequality, and community / / Roberta Villalón



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Autore: Villalón Roberta Visualizza persona
Titolo: Violence against Latina immigrants : citizenship, inequality, and community / / Roberta Villalón Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2010
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
Disciplina: 362.83
Soggetto topico: Women immigrants - Violence against - United States
Latin Americans - Violence against - United States
Women immigrants - United States - Social conditions
Latin Americans - United States - Social conditions
Soggetto geografico: United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects
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Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-202) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction: theoretical and methodological approach -- Violence against Latina immigrants and immigration law -- Formal barriers to citizenship -- Informal barriers to citizenship -- Resisting inequality -- Conclusion.
Sommario/riassunto: Caught between violent partners and the bureaucratic complications of the US Immigration system, many immigrant women are particularly vulnerable to abuse. For two years, Roberta Villalón volunteered at a nonprofit group that offers free legal services to mostly undocumented immigrants who had been victims of abuse. Her innovative study of Latina survivors of domestic violence explores the complexities at the intersection of immigration, citizenship, and violence, and shows how inequality is perpetuated even through the well-intentioned delivery of vital services. Through archival research, participant observation, and personal interviews, Violence Against Latina Immigrants provides insight into the many obstacles faced by battered immigrant women of color, bringing their stories and voices to the fore. Ultimately, Villalón proposes an active policy advocacy agenda and suggests possible changes to gender violence-based immigration laws, revealing the complexities of the lives of Latina immigrants as they confront issues of citizenship, gender violence, and social inequalities.
Titolo autorizzato: Violence against Latina immigrants  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8147-8842-4
0-8147-8826-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910809605603321
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