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Violence Against Latina Immigrants
Citizenship, Inequality, and Community
by Roberta Villalon
Paperback, 226 Pages, Published 2010 by Nyu Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-8824-0, ISBN: 0-8147-8824-6

"Caught between violent partners and the bureaucratic complications of the US Immigration system, many immigrant women are particularly vulnerable to abuse. For two years, Roberta Villalón volunteered at a nonprofit group that offers free legal services to mostly undocumented immigrants who had been victims of abuse. Her innovative study of Latina survivors of domestic violence explores the complexities at the intersection of immigration ..."

Violence Against Latina Immigrants
Citizenship, Inequality, and Community (Hardback)
by Roberta Villalon
Hardcover, 207 Pages, Published 2010 by Nyu Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-8823-3, ISBN: 0-8147-8823-8

""A meaningful documentation of the ways in which structural and cultural conditions in current immigration and violence against women laws in the United States reinforce the hierarchies and intersections of race, class, and heterosexuality ..."

Violence Against Latina Immigrants
Citizenship, Inequality, and Community
by Roberta Villalon
226 Pages, Published 2010 by Nyu Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-8826-4, ISBN: 0-8147-8826-2

"Abel, E., and M. Nelson. (1990). Circles of Care: Work and Identity ... New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. Abusharaf, R. (2001). “Virtuous Cuts: ... Polarizing Discourse of Civil Society.” In M. Lamont and M. Fournier (Eds.), Cultivating ..."

Remaking Citizenship
Latina Immigrants and New American Politics by Kathleen M. Coll
by Kathleen M. Coll
Paperback, 249 Pages, Published 2014 by Stanford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8047-7369-0, ISBN: 0-8047-7369-6

"Sheridan, Mary Beth. 2000. From home maker to kingmaker, Mexico: Women have gained unprecedented attention amid changes in political participation. Los Angeles Times, June 30, A1, http://articles .latimes.com/2000/jun/30/ news/mn - 46340. Shklar, Judith. 1991. American citizenship: The quest for inclusion. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. Silliman, Jael, Marlene Gerber Fried, Loretta Ross, and Elena R. Gutierrez, 2004. Un ..."

Male Peer Support and Violence against Women
The History and Verification of a Theory (Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and Law)
by Dr Walter S. Dekeseredy, Dr Martin D. Schwartz
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2013 by Northeastern University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-55553-833-0, ISBN: 1-55553-833-9

"In 1988, Walter S. DeKeseredy announced Male Peer Support (MPS) Theory, which popularized the notion that certain all-male peer groups encourage, justify, and support the abuse of women. In 1993, DeKeseredy and Martin D. Schwartz modified and expanded MPS Theory. Today, after twenty-five years of research, numerous studies from a diverse range of fields and practitioners support the original claim, providing a powerful explanation for t ..."

Not Working
Latina Immigrants, Low-Wage Jobs, and the Failure of Welfare Reform
by Alejandra Marchevskyjeanne Theoharis, Jeanne Theoharis
Hardcover, 308 Pages, Published 2006 by Nyu Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-5709-3, ISBN: 0-8147-5709-X

"Not Working chronicles the devastating effects of the 1996 welfare reform legislation that ended welfare as we know it. For those who now receive public assistance, “work” means pleading with supervisors for full-time hours, juggling ever-changing work schedules, and shuffling between dead-end jobs that leave one physically and psychically exhausted.Through vivid story-telling and pointed analysis, Not Working profiles the day-to-day st ..."

Latino Immigrants in the United States(1st Edition)
by Ronald L. Mize, Grace Peña Delgado
Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2012 by Polity Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-4742-5, ISBN: 0-7456-4742-1

The Latino Threat(2nd Edition)
Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation, Second Edition
by Leo R. Chavez
Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 2013 by Stanford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8047-8618-8, ISBN: 0-8047-8618-6

Women, War, and Violence
Topography, Resistance, and Hope [2 volumes]: Topography, Resistance, and Hope
by Mariam M. Kurtz, Lester R. Kurtz
Digital, 709 Pages, Published 2015 by Praeger
ISBN-13: 978-1-4408-2881-2, ISBN: 1-4408-2881-4

Gender Violence in Ecofeminist Perspective
Intersections of Animal Oppression, Patriarchy and Domination of the Earth
by Gwen Hunnicutt
148 Pages, Published 2019 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-351-02620-8, ISBN: 1-351-02620-8

Latinas in the Criminal Justice System
Victims, Targets, and Offenders: 18 (Latina/o Sociology)
by Vera Lopez, Lisa Pasko
Paperback, 376 Pages, Published 2021 by Nyu Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-4798-9196-2, ISBN: 1-4798-9196-7

Violence Never Heals
The Lifelong Effects of Intimate Partner Violence for Immigrant Women
by Allison Bloom
225 Pages, Published 2023 by Nyu Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-4798-2207-2, ISBN: 1-4798-2207-8

Migration, Health, and Inequalities
Critical Activist Research across Ecuadorean Borders
by Roberta Villalon
Paperback, 268 Pages, Published 2024 by Bristol University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-5292-0711-8, ISBN: 1-5292-0711-8

Of Love and Papers
How Immigration Policy Affects Romance and Family
by Laura E. Enriquez
184 Pages, Published 2020 by Univ Of California Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-97548-4, ISBN: 0-520-97548-0

Health and Health Care Inequities, Infectious Diseases and Social Factors
by Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld
142 Pages, Published 2022 by Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-80117-942-3, ISBN: 1-80117-942-5

Migrant Mothers' Creative Challenges to Racialized Citizenship
by Umut Erel, Tracey Reynolds
176 Pages, Published 2019 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-351-00826-6, ISBN: 1-351-00826-9

Gender Violence, Third Edition(3rd Edition)
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
by Laura L. O'toole, Jessica R. Schiffman, Rosemary Sullivan
Paperback, 608 Pages, Published 2020 by Nyu Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-4798-2080-1, ISBN: 1-4798-2080-6

The Handbook of Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice
by Jr. Ramiro Martinez, Meghan E. Hollis, Jacob I. Stowell
584 Pages, Published 2018 by John Wiley & Sons
ISBN-13: 978-1-119-11377-5, ISBN: 1-119-11377-6

The Invisible Woman
Gender, Crime, and Justice
by Joanne Belknap
579 Pages, Published 2020 by Sage Publications
ISBN-13: 978-1-5443-4826-1, ISBN: 1-5443-4826-6

Battered Women's Protective Strategies(1st Edition)
Stronger Than You Know (Interpersonal Violence)
by Sherry L. Hamby
Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2013 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-987365-4, ISBN: 0-19-987365-8