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Author Vega, Sujey, author.

Title Latino heartland : of borders and belonging in the midwest / Sujey Vega
Published New York : New York University University, [2015]

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Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface: Pioneering Ownership of Greater Lafayette; Introduction: Bienvenidos a Hoosierlandia: Asserting Ethnic Belonging at the "Crossroads of America"; 1. Recuerdos de Lafayette: The Making and Forgetting of the Past in Central Indiana; 2. Kneading Home: Creating Community While Navigating Borders; 3. Written Otherings: Policing Community at the "Crossroads of America"; 4. Clashes at the Crossroads: The Impact of Microaggressions and Other Otherings in Daily Life
5. "United We Are Stronger": Clarifying Everyday Encounters with BelongingConclusion: The Politics of Belonging Wages On: How State-Based Legislation Affects Community in Indiana; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary National immigration debates have thrust both opponents of immigration and immigrant rights supporters into the news. But what happens once the rallies end and the banners come down? What is daily life like for Latinos who have been presented nationally as "terrorists, drug smugglers, alien gangs, and violent criminals"? Latino Heartland offers an ethnography of the Latino and non-Latino residents of a small Indiana town, showing how national debate pitted neighbor against neighbor-and the strategies some used to combat such animosity. It conveys the lived impact of divisive political rhetoric
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Hispanic Americans -- Indiana -- Lafayette
Hispanic Americans -- Indiana -- Lafayette -- Ethnic identity
Hispanic Americans -- Indiana -- Lafayette -- Social conditions
Immigrants -- Indiana -- Lafayette -- Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity
Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions
Immigrants -- Social conditions
Race relations
Social conditions
SUBJECT Lafayette (Ind.) -- Social conditions
Lafayette (Ind.) -- Race relations
Subject Indiana -- Lafayette
Genre/Form Ethnographies
Ethnographies.
Études ethnographiques.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1479875333
9781479875337
1479887382
9781479887385