Making immigrants illegal in small-town USA

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Dick, Hilary Parsons ^a  

^a ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazleton; Interdiscursivity; Latin American immigration; Legal discourse; Performative nomination; Racialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052245829     PISSN: 10551360     EISSN: 15481395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1395.2011.01096.x     Document Type: Article

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