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Author Vasquez, Jessica M., author.

Title Mexican Americans across generations : immigrant families, racial realities / Jessica M. Vasquez.

Imprint New York : New York University Press, ©2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 301 pages) : illustrations
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Studies middle class Mexican American families across three generations and their experiences of racism and assimilation.
Contents Thinned attachment : heritage is slipping through our fingers -- Cultural maintenance : a pot of beans on the stove -- Tortillas in the shape of the United States : marriage and the families we choose -- Whiter is better : discrimination in everyday life -- Fit to be good cooks and good mechanics : racialization in schools -- As much hamburger as taco : third-generation Mexican Americans -- Conclusion : racialization despite assimilation.
Note Print version record.
Subject Mexican Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- California.
Mexican Americans -- California -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
California -- Ethnic relations.
California -- Race relations.
Américains d'origine mexicaine -- Acculturation -- Californie.
Américains d'origine mexicaine -- Californie -- Conditions sociales -- 21e siècle.
Californie -- Relations interethniques.
Californie -- Relations raciales.
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
Ethnic relations
Mexican Americans -- Cultural assimilation
Mexican Americans -- Social conditions
Race relations
California https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJt8p3GDkhpJkC9y6FY3wC
Mexikaner.
Ethnische Beziehung.
Soziale Situation.
Assimilation.
Familie.
Generationsbeziehung.
Kalifornien.
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Other Form: Print version: Vasquez, Jessica M. Mexican Americans across generations. New York : New York University Press, ©2011 9780814788288 (DLC) 2010041976 (OCoLC)670324815
ISBN 9780814788363 (electronic bk.)
081478836X (electronic bk.)
9780814788431 (electronic bk.)
0814788432 (electronic bk.)
9780814788288
0814788289
9780814788295
0814788297
Standard No. 40019204906
AU@ 000055798332
AU@ 000067632198
CHNEW 000616164
DEBBG BV040829582
DEBBG BV043055374
DEBSZ 446413682
NZ1 14248135

 
    
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