Latinos and citizenship: the dilemma of belonging

I. Introduction

1. Redefining citizenship as a lived experience / Suzanne Oboler

II. Citizenship and struggles for political inclusion and dignity in the 20th century

2. "How they ignore our rights as American citizens" : Puerto Rican migrants and the politics of citizenship in the New Deal era / Lorrin Thomas

III. Citizenship : public policy implications

3. The legal production of Mexican/migrant "illegality" / Nicholas De Genova

4. Regulating transnational citizens in the post-1996 Welfare Reform era : Dominican immigrants in New York City / Greta A. Gilbertson

5. Dual citizenship and political participation : migrants in the interplay of United States and Colombian politics / Cristina Escobar

6. Roads to citizenship : Mexican migrants in the United States / Alejandra Castañeda

IV. Latino/as and citizenship : the immigrants' perspective 7. Boundaries, language, and the self : issues faced by Puerto Ricans and other Latino/a college students / Bonnie Urciuoli

8. Necesidades y Problemas : immigrant Latina vernaculars of belonging, coalition, and citizenship in San Francisco, California / Kathleen Coll

9. "Getting out the vote" in Los Angeles : the mobilization of undocumented migrants in electoral politics / Monica W. Varsanyi

10. "Wise up!" : undocumented Latino youth, Mexican-American legislators, and the struggle for higher education access / Hinda Seif

V. Redefining citizenship, the present conundrum

11. Delinquent citizenship, national performances : racialization, surveillance, and the politics of "worthiness" in Puerto Rican Chicago / Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas

12. Transforming citizenship : membership, strategies of containment, and the public sphere in Latino communities / Raymond Rocco