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Documenting the Undocumented

Life Narratives of Unauthorized Immigrants

Bibliographic Data

ID4910620
AuthorsMarta Caminero-Santangelo, Marta Caminero‐santangelo (corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume35
Issue3
Pages449-471
Publication date2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBiography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0162-4962 • E-ISSN: 1529-1456
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/bio.2012.0040
OpenAlexW2147711094
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited12

This essay argues that Underground America , a collection of fi rst-person narratives of undocumented immigrants, advances the premise that the immigrants it represents are already part of the US "nation," and that their claim to human rights ought therefore to be recognized on the grounds of national belonging

Art · Epistemology · Genealogy · Human rights · Immigration · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Premise · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy

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Unique citing works7
Citations per year0,5
Citation span2012 - 2026 (15)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 5

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