A Critical Analysis of Immigrant Advocacy Tropes: How Popular Discourse Weakens Solidarity and Prevents Broad, Sustainable Justice

This article discusses the themes, logic, and values found in rhetorical figures of speech that are associated with national, local, and private discussions that support immigration and how these figures of speech and their meanings are used to fight anti-immigrant discrimination and to influence pu...

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Authors: Lara, Dulcinea (Author) ; Greene, Dana 1942- (Author) ; Bejarano, Cynthia L. 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2009
In: Social justice
Year: 2009, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 21-37
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Social Movements
Social advocacy
Immigration policy
Immigration opponents
Activists
Immigration advocates
Collective behavior
Immigrants