The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation

News media and pundits too frequently perpetuate the notion that Latinos, particularly Mexicans, are an invading force bent on reconquering land once their own and destroying the American way of life. In this book, Leo R. Chavez contests this assumption's basic tenets, offering facts to counter the many fictions about the Latino threat. With new discussion about anchor babies, the DREAM Act, and recent anti-immigrant legislation in Arizona and other states, this expanded second edition critically investigates the stories about recent immigrants to show how prejudices are used to malign an entire population--and to define what it means to be American.

Author: Leo Chavez
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 04/17/2013
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780804783514

About the Author
Leo R. Chavez is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Shadowed Lives: Undocumented Immigrants in American Society (1998) and Covering Immigration: Popular Images and the Politics of the Nation (2001).