{"product_id":"the-border-crossed-us-josue-david-cisneros-9780817318123","title":"The Border Crossed Us: Rhetorics of Borders, Citizenship, and Latina\/o Identity","description":"\u003cb\u003eExplores efforts to restrict and expand notions of US citizenship as they relate specifically to the US-Mexico border and Latina\/o identity\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Josue David Cisneros\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817318127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817318123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.40w x 1.00d","brand":"Josue David Cisneros","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086956769535,"sku":"9780817318123","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_060155a9-c7d7-4074-8a6d-beb9a944be5c.jpg?v=1769097472","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-border-crossed-us-josue-david-cisneros-9780817318123","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}