Documenting the undocumented : latino/a narratives and social justice in the era of Operation Gatekeeper /
Caminero-Santangelo, Marta, 1966-
Documenting the undocumented : latino/a narratives and social justice in the era of Operation Gatekeeper / Marta Caminero-Santangelo. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2016. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Narrating the non-nation: literary journalism and "illegal" border crossings -- The lost ones: post-gatekeeper border fictions and the construction of cultural trauma -- The Caribbean difference: imagining trans-status communities -- Selling the undocumented: life narratives of unauthorized immigrants -- Unauthorized plots: life writing, transnationalism, and the possibilities of agency -- Undocumented testimony: American dreamers.
Looking at fiction and nonfiction by citizen journalists and undocumented writers, Caminero-Santangelo finds that latino/a writers increasingly express a sense of solidarity with undocumented immigrants. She also notes, however, that the literary and narrative response is far from heterogeneous.
9780813055824
Operation Gatekeeper (U.S.)
American literature--Hispanic American authors--History and criticism.
Immigrants' writings, American--History and criticism.
Social justice in literature.
Border patrols--Mexican-American Border Region.
Noncitizens--Government policy--United States.
Noncitizens--Government policy.
Illegal immigration--Government policy--United States.
Illegal immigration--Government policy.
Electronic Books.
PS153 / .D638 2016
Documenting the undocumented : latino/a narratives and social justice in the era of Operation Gatekeeper / Marta Caminero-Santangelo. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2016. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Narrating the non-nation: literary journalism and "illegal" border crossings -- The lost ones: post-gatekeeper border fictions and the construction of cultural trauma -- The Caribbean difference: imagining trans-status communities -- Selling the undocumented: life narratives of unauthorized immigrants -- Unauthorized plots: life writing, transnationalism, and the possibilities of agency -- Undocumented testimony: American dreamers.
Looking at fiction and nonfiction by citizen journalists and undocumented writers, Caminero-Santangelo finds that latino/a writers increasingly express a sense of solidarity with undocumented immigrants. She also notes, however, that the literary and narrative response is far from heterogeneous.
9780813055824
Operation Gatekeeper (U.S.)
American literature--Hispanic American authors--History and criticism.
Immigrants' writings, American--History and criticism.
Social justice in literature.
Border patrols--Mexican-American Border Region.
Noncitizens--Government policy--United States.
Noncitizens--Government policy.
Illegal immigration--Government policy--United States.
Illegal immigration--Government policy.
Electronic Books.
PS153 / .D638 2016