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Alien citizen : do stereotypes of undocumented Mexican immigrants generalize to Mexican Americans?

September 11th 2001 led to an increase in the intensity of the already existing discourses surrounding what it means to be an American, with a particular focus on the Southern border of the United States and Mexican immigration as a perceived threat to national security. This study seeks to address the Latino threat narrative (Chavez, 2008) through measuring how perceptions of stereotypes and realistic and symbolic threat differ as a function of foreigness using a 2 (positive vs. negative scenario) x 4 (Mexican American, undocumented immigrant, Latino and Anglo) design. / text

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/26624
Date16 October 2014
CreatorsMartinez, Mercedes Shannon 1980-
Source SetsUniversity of Texas
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Formatapplication/pdf

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