New Immigration Books

The Law Librarian Blog has an entry on a new book, Keeping Out the Other: A Critical Introduction to Immigration Enforcement Today Edited by David C. Brotherton and Philip Kretsedemas (Columbia University Press 2008).  David C. Brotherton and Philip Kretsedemas provide a history and analysis of recent immigration enforcement in the United States, demonstrating that our current anti-immigration tendencies are not a knee-jerk reaction to the events of September 11. Rather, they have been gathering steam for decades.

Benavides, DRUGS, THUGS, AND DIVAS: Telenovelas and Narco-Dramas in Latin America

The first comprehensive analysis of South American telenovelas and Mexican narco-dramas and their role in shaping popular culture throughout the Americas and beyond. http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/bendru.html

Table of contents and excerpt: http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/excerpts/exbendru.html

Estrada, THE LOS ANGELES PLAZA: Sacred and Contested Space The first in-depth study of Los Angeles through the lens of its original core at the old city Plaza. http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/estlos.html

Table of contents and excerpt: http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/excerpts/exestlos.html

Griswold del Castillo, WORLD WAR II AND MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS The first book-length account of how World War II galvanized Mexican Americans of the “Greatest Generation” to seek full rights and inclusion in American society. http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/griwor.html

Table of contents and excerpt: http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/excerpts/exgriwor.html

Other new immigration books include:

Boswell, Richard A Essentials of immigration law Washington, DC : American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2006 xvi, 244 2006

Gutiérrez, Elena R., Fertile matters : the politics of Mexican-origin women’s reproduction Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press 2008

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