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Of Love and Papers explores how immigration policies are fundamentally reshaping Latino families. Drawing on two waves of interviews with undocumented young adults, Enriquez investigates how immigration status creeps into the most personal aspects of everyday life, intersecting with gender to constrain family formation. The imprint of illegality remains, even upon obtaining DACA or permanent residency.
Interweaving the perspectives of US citizen romantic partners and children, Enriquez illustrates the multigenerational punishment that limits the upward mobility of Latino families. Of Love and Papers sparks an intimate understanding of contemporary US immigration policies and their enduring consequences for immigrant families.
Of Love and Papers explores how immigration policies are fundamentally reshaping Latino families. Drawing on two waves of interviews with undocumented young adults, Enriquez investigates how immigration status creeps into the most personal aspects of everyday life, intersecting with gender to constrain family formation. The imprint of illegality remains, even upon obtaining DACA or permanent residency.
Interweaving the perspectives of US citizen romantic partners and children, Enriquez illustrates the multigenerational punishment that limits the upward mobility of Latino families. Of Love and Papers sparks an intimate understanding of contemporary US immigration policies and their enduring consequences for immigrant families.
Price: $29.95
Pages: 184
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
28 April 2020
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520344358
Format: Paperback
"Of Love and Papers. . . .[shows] us what the subtitle tells us: how immigration policy affects romance and family. In the process she delivered an excellent study that shows us how all of social life is always gendered."
Laura E. Enriquez is Assistant Professor of Chicano/Latino studies at the University of California, Irvine.