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Título :	Citizenship and Belonging: The Construction of US Latino Identity Today
Palabras clave :	Citizenship;Latinos;Migration;United States of America
Editorial :	Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Berlin)
Descripción :	Thus, while my aim in this essay is to discuss the impact of Latinos on the changing meanings of citizenship, this essay also serves as a reflection on the issue of “who is actually changing what?” in US society. I first look at the controversial history and ambiguous “placement” of Latinos as U.S. citizens and residents in the context of racialized labeling and profiling in U.S. society; I then explore the peculiar changes–a kind of facelift–which ethnicity has undergone under the new conditions of a national security ideology with its concomitant undermining of citizenship in the United States. Finally, I discuss some of the ways that, largely as a result of the recognition of their right to have rights, Latinos are contributing, in their own right, to the changing meanings of citizenship and belonging in the US context. Ultimately, I argue, it is through their participation in redefining the very meaning of citizenship in the post 9/11 period that Latinos are themselves (re)constructing and affirming their identity in the United States.
URI :	http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/149864
Otros identificadores :	http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/891 10.18441/ibam.7.2007.25.115-127
Aparece en las colecciones:	Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut - IAI - Cosecha

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