The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation
Book Talk
Leo Chávez
Professor of Anthropology
University of California, Irvine
April 30, 2009
5:00 p.m.
Location: Institute of the Americas Complex, Weaver Center
Open to: Public
Leo Chávez is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. He earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Stanford University in 1982. His research examines various issues related to transnational migration, including immigrant families and households, labor market participation, motivations for migration, the use of medical services, and media constructions of "immigrant" and "nation." His latest book, The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens and the Nation examines issues of anti-Latino discourse, struggles over the meaning of citizenship, and role of media spectacles in society in relation to the politics of reproduction, organ transplants, the Minuteman Project, and immigrant marches and protests.
To access an audio podcast of Leo's presentation, please click here.
Part of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies Research Seminar Series.
