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Documenting the Undocumented - Latino/a Narratives and Social Justice in the Era of Operation Gatekeeper (Paperback)
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Documenting the Undocumented - Latino/a Narratives and Social Justice in the Era of Operation Gatekeeper (Paperback)
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Looking at the work of Junot Diaz, Cristina Garcia, Julia Alvarez,
and other Latino/a authors who are U.S. citizens, Marta
Caminero-Santangelo examines how writers are increasingly
expressing their solidarity with undocumented immigrants. Through
storytelling, these writers create community and a sense of
peoplehood that includes non-citizen Latino/as. This volume also
foregrounds the narratives of unauthorized migrants themselves,
showing how their stories are emerging into the public sphere.
Immigration and citizenship are multifaceted issues, and the voices
are myriad. They challenge common interpretations of "illegal"
immigration, explore inevitable traumas and ethical dilemmas,
protest their own silencing in immigration debates, and even
capitalize on the topic for the commercial market. Yet these texts
all seek to affect political discourse by advancing the possibility
of empathy across lines of ethnicity and citizenship status. As
border enforcement strategies escalate along with political
rhetoric, detentions, and deaths, these counternarratives are more
significant than ever before, and their perspectives cannot be
ignored. What we are witnessing, argues Caminero-Santangelo, is a
mass mobilization of stories. This growing body of literature is
critical to understanding not only the Latino/a immigrant
experience but also alternative visions of nation and belonging.
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