Introduction: Citizenship Surveillance of La Gente (The People)—Theory, Practice, and Cultural Citizen Voices

Part of a special issue on Latino citizenship and social justice. A commentary on five articles by various writers that appeared in this issue on pp. 7–108. In their articles, the writers drew heavily on narratives from ethnographic research, case studies, or personal testimonies, to present the per...

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Main Author: Ballasch, Melissa M. 1985- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2008
In: Social justice
Year: 2008, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-6
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Keywords:
Human Rights
Citizenship > United States
Citizenship
Immigrants > Civil rights
Hispanic Americans > Ethnic identity
Hispanic Americans
Civil Rights
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Summary:Part of a special issue on Latino citizenship and social justice. A commentary on five articles by various writers that appeared in this issue on pp. 7–108. In their articles, the writers drew heavily on narratives from ethnographic research, case studies, or personal testimonies, to present the perspective of la gente, the Latino people who live within U.S. society, concerning citizenship as a “lived” experience. The commentator observes that the articles challenge normalized ideas of citizenship and lists the troubling ways in which exclusion from citizenship is normalized and operationalized in schools and society; she agrees that their call for citizenship inclusion of Latinos is critical.