{"product_id":"undocumented-politics-place-gender-and-the-pathways-of-mexican-migrants-9780520299962","title":"Undocumented Politics Place Gender and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2018, more than eleven million undocumented immigrants lived in the United States. Not since slavery had so many U.S. residents held so few political rights. Many strove tirelessly to belong. Others turned to their homelands for hope. What explains their clashing strategies of inclusion? And how does gender play into these fights? Undocumented Politicsoffers a gripping inquiry into migrant communities' struggles for rights and resources across the U.S.-Mexico divide. For twenty-one months,AbigailAndrews lived with two groups of migrants and their families in the mountains of Mexico and in the barrios of Southern California. Her nuanced comparison reveals how local laws and power dynamics shape migrants' agency. Andrews also exposes how arbitrary policing abetsgendered violence.Yet she insists that the process does not begin or end in the United States. Rather, migrants interpret their destinations in light of the hometowns they leave behind. Their counterparts in Mexico must also come to grips with migrant globalization. And on both sides of the border, men and women transform patriarchy through their battles to belong. Ambitious and intimate,Undocumented Politicsreveals how the excluded find space for political voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Undocumented Politics \u003c\/i\u003eprovides rich theoretical advances to literature on transnational political strategies, the role of local-level contexts, and immigrant 'illegality.' . . . a powerful read that contributes to the literature on international migration, undocumented immigrants, and gender.\" * ILR Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"I highly recommend this engaging and elegant monograph, suitable for students and researchers of migration and borders.\" * American Journal of Sociology *\u003cbr\u003e\"Andrews has delivered an insightful, well-researched exposition on Mexican migration in the United States. . . . \u003ci\u003eUndocumented Politics\u003c\/i\u003e successfully showcases the ways that undocumented migrant women have self-advocated, despite their lack of access to legal and electoral outlets of political activism.\" * California History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Legacies of (In)Equity\u003cbr\u003e 2. “Illegality” under Two Local Modes of Control\u003cbr\u003e 3. Stoicism and Striving in the Face of Exclusion\u003cbr\u003e 4. Cross-Border Fights, Rifts, and Ties\u003cbr\u003e 5. Pathways to Hometown Change\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Methodological Appendix: Listening to Difference\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402912244055,"sku":"9780520299962","price":64.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520299962.jpg?v=1730481823","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/undocumented-politics-place-gender-and-the-pathways-of-mexican-migrants-9780520299962","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}