Subaltern Immigrants
Undocumented Workers and National Belonging in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4546069 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary E Odem (Emory University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 359-380 |
| Publication date | 2008-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Interventions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-801X • E-ISSN: 1469-929X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13698010802444959 |
| OpenAlex | W2321325329 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 19 |
The status of millions of undocumented workers from Mexico and Latin America in the United States poses a serious challenge to the country's founding myth as an immigrant nation. They form an integral part of the US labour force, but exist on the margins of the nation's political and social life. With a view to illuminating one aspect of subalternity and citizenship in the US, this essay examines significant shifts in twentieth century immigration law regarding Mexicans and others from south of the border and the shifting conceptions of American national identity on which these laws were based. Since the beginning of large-scale Mexican immigration to the US, they were positioned as cheap, temporary labour – accepted as hard workers, but not desired as permanent citizens. Mexican and other Latino immigrants have resisted their position as a disposable labour force by establishing families and communities and claiming membership in the places where they have settled. I examine the local struggles over immigrant membership in Atlanta, Georgia, a metropolitan area that has experienced a dramatic increase in Latino immigration in the last two decades and that has been at the centre of the political turmoil around illegal immigration
Citizenship · Geography · Immigration · Immigration law · Immigration policy · Latin Americans · Metropolitan area · Naturalisation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Subaltern · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Guarding the Golden Door
Becoming Mexican American
White Flight
Dividing Lines
A Nation by Design
Latino cultural citizenship
The disuniting of America
Desert Immigrants
American Crucible
Immigrant America
Impossible Subjects
Unwelcome Strangers
The New Era of Mexican Migration to the United States
The disuniting of America
The Politics of the Governed
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2019 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |