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Author Vasquez, Jessica M., author.

Title Mexican Americans across generations : immigrant families, racial realities / Jessica M. Vasquez
Published New York : New York University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 301 pages) : illustrations
Contents Thinned attachment : heritage is slipping through our fingers -- Cultural maintenance : a pot of beans on the stove -- Tortillas in the shape of the United States : marriage and the families we choose -- Whiter is better : discrimination in everyday life -- Fit to be good cooks and good mechanics : racialization in schools -- As much hamburger as taco : third-generation Mexican Americans -- Conclusion : racialization despite assimilation
Summary Studies middle class Mexican American families across three generations and their experiences of racism and assimilation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Mexican Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- California
Mexican Americans -- California -- Social conditions -- 21st century
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
Ethnic relations
Mexican Americans -- Cultural assimilation
Mexican Americans -- Social conditions
Race relations
Mexikaner.
Ethnische Beziehung.
Soziale Situation.
Assimilation.
Familie.
Generationsbeziehung.
SUBJECT California -- Ethnic relations
California -- Race relations
Subject California
Kalifornien.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010041976
ISBN 9780814788363
081478836X
9780814788431
0814788432