{"product_id":"9780817387235","title":"The Border Crossed Us: Rhetorics of Borders, Citizenship, and Latina\/o Identity","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Border Crossed Us\u003c\/i\u003e explores efforts to restrict and expand notions of US citizenship as they relate specifically to the US-Mexico border and Latina\/o identity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Borders and citizenship go hand in hand. Borders define a nation as a territorial entity and create the parameters for national belonging. But the relationship between borders and citizenship breeds perpetual anxiety over the purported sanctity of the border, the security of a nation, and the integrity of civic identity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Border Crossed Us\u003c\/i\u003e, Josue David Cisneros addresses these themes as they relate to the US-Mexico border, arguing that issues ranging from the Mexican-American War of 1846–1848 to contemporary debates about Latina\/o immigration and border security are negotiated rhetorically through public discourse. He explores these rhetorical battles through case studies of specific Latina\/o struggles for civil rights and citizenship, including debates about Mexican American citizenship in the 1849 California Constitutional Convention, 1960s Chicana\/o civil rights movements, and modern-day immigrant activism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cisneros posits that borders—both geographic and civic—have crossed and recrossed Latina\/o communities throughout history (the book’s title derives from the popular activist chant, “We didn’t cross the border; the border crossed us!”) and that Latina\/os in the United States have long contributed to, struggled with, and sought to cross or challenge the borders of belonging, including race, culture, language, and gender.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Border Crossed Us\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the enduring significance and evolution of US borders and citizenship, and provides programmatic and theoretical suggestions for the continued study of these critical issues.","brand":"University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128701305072,"sku":"9780817387235","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780817387235_p0.jpg?v=1763753429","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780817387235","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}