Documenting the undocumented : latino/a narratives and social justice in the era of Operation Gatekeeper / / Marta Caminero-Santangelo

• Autore: Caminero-Santangelo Marta <1966->
• Pubblicazione: Gainesville, Florida : , : University Press of Florida, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 pages)
• Disciplina: 810.9/868073
• Soggetto topico: American literature - Hispanic American authors - History and criticism; Immigrants' writings, American - History and criticism; Noncitizens - Government policy - United States; Social justice in literature; Border patrols - Mexican-American Border Region; Illegal immigration
• Soggetto geografico: Mexican-American Border Region
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Narrating the non-nation: literary journalism and "illegal" border crossings -- The lost ones: post-gatekeeper border fictions and the construction of cultural trauma -- The Caribbean difference: imagining trans-status communities -- Selling the undocumented: life narratives of unauthorized immigrants -- Unauthorized plots: life writing, transnationalism, and the possibilities of agency -- Undocumented testimony: American dreamers.
• Sommario/riassunto: Looking at fiction and nonfiction by citizen journalists and undocumented writers, Caminero-Santangelo finds that latino/a writers increasingly express a sense of solidarity with undocumented immigrants. She also notes, however, that the literary and narrative response is far from heterogeneous.
• Titolo autorizzato: Documenting the undocumented
• ISBN: 0813051614; 0813055822
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819965903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II