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Author Fujiwara, Lynn, 1964-

Title Mothers without citizenship [electronic resource] : Asian immigrant families and the consequences of welfare reform / Lynn Fujiwara.

Imprint Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xxx, 239 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : sanctioning immigrants : "ending welfare as we know it" -- New nativism and welfare reform: Asian immigrants as racialized foreigners -- Welfare reform and the politics of citizenship -- Refugees betrayed -- The rush for citizenship : naturalization as a technocratic apparatus of exclusion -- On not making ends meet : mothers without citizenship -- The devaluation of immigrant families -- Conclusion : the continuing significance of racialized citizenship.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Women immigrants -- Services for -- United States.
Asian American women -- Services for -- United States.
Children of immigrants -- Services for -- United States.
Public welfare -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780816650750 (hc : alk. paper)
0816650756 (hc : alk. paper)
9780816650767 (pb : alk. paper)
0816650764 (pb : alk. paper)
9780816656622

 
    
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