The thickening borderlands: Diffused exceptionality and 'Immigrant' social struggles during the 'War on Terror'

Cultural Dynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 335-349

  Rosas, Gilberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Border; Empire; Migration; Race; Vigilantism

Indexed keywords

CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; POLITICAL BORDER; POLITICAL CONFLICT; RACISM;

ARIZONA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845239173     PISSN: 09213740     EISSN: 14617048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0921374006071618     Document Type: Article

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