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News media and pundits too frequently perpetuate the notion that Latinos, both US-born and immigrants, are an invading force bent on destroying the American way of life. Leo R. Chavez challenges the basic tenets of this assumption and other myths of the "Latino threat," providing a critical investigation into the fears and prejudices that are used to malign an entire population. In this updated and expanded third edition of his groundbreaking book, Chavez incorporates Donald Trump's emergence in American political life, with particular focus on the US-Mexico border as a site of political theater and the further sharpening of anti-Latino and anti-immigration rhetoric in public discourse. He also includes new discussions of "anchor babies," Dreamers and DACA, Latina reproduction and white replacement theory, and the emotional and psychological effects of negative political rhetoric on those whom it targets. Through trenchant analysis, this book reexamines urgent questions about what it means to be American.
Introduction
PART I CONSTRUCTING AND CHALLENGING MYTHS
1. The Latino Threat Narrative
2. How the Rhetoric of Resentment Targets Latinos
3. Latina Sexuality, Reproduction, and Fertility as Threats to the Nation
4. Fear of White Replacement and Latina Reproduction Reconsidered
PART II MEDIA SPECTACLES
5. Mainstreaming the Latino Threat Narrative
6. Spectacles of Surveillance on the U.S.-Mexico Border
7. Organ Transplants and the Privileges of Citizenship
8. Dreamers," DACA, and "Anchor Babies
PART III THE LATINO THREAT NARRATIVE'S EMOTIONAL TOLL
9. Latino Emotional Responses to Political Rhetoric as Resentimiento
10. The Latino Threat Narrative and Stress, Health, and Well-Being
Epilogue
Appendix: Methods for Studying the Emotional Effects of Rhetoric
Notes
Bibliography
Index