An anatomy of race and immigration politics in California

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ID3978154
AuthorsSusan P Main (0000-0003-2759-1560, British Film Institute, corresponding author), Susan Main, Susan Mains
Year2000
Volume1
Issue2
Pages143-154
Publication date2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649360020010167
OpenAlexW2076695776
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited18

At the US–Mexico border specific community organizations have played an important role in reinforcing and challenging dominant ideas about race and immigration through a series of protest and media campaigns. In this paper I explore the ways in which key community organizations have relied upon specific and specified constructions of race and ethnicity to redefine notions of borders and identities. I argue that an examination of debates around immigration reveals the centrality (and marginalization) of the images and spaces of the racialized immigrant body. An exploration of the ways in which policy, media, national and individual identities are mapped on to particular spaces provides an opportunity to interrogate and challenge the 'naturalness' of representations of race and immigration and the ways in which power is strategically located yet hidden in discussions of the border(s). Keywords: ImmigrationRaceIdentityRepresentationActivismUS-Mexico Border

Centrality · Ethnic group · Immigration · Immigration policy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Race (biology · Sociology · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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