@article{ref1,
title="Re‐Thinking Illegality as a Violence Against, not by Mexican Immigrants, Children, and Youth",
journal="Journal of Social Issues",
year="2003",
author="Solis, Jocelyn",
volume="59",
number="1",
pages="15-31",
abstract="Sociohistorical theory was used to examine illegality as a form of state violence that bears upon the formation of undocumented Mexican immigrants. This article proposes a theory of dialectical violence that integrates societal with personal enactments of violence through case illustrations of Mexican youth. In a grassroots association defending immigrants' rights, youth develop within conflicting discourses about undocumented immigrants proposed by society, family, and community. Methods included ethnographic analysis of the association's documents, a workshop in which five participants authored a booklet with texts and illustrations about their lives in the city, and an interview with their mothers. Findings illustrate how Mexican youth enter a cycle of violence as a result of their undocumented status, socioeconomic class, language and ethnic-racial memberships.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0022-4537",
doi="10.1111/1540-4560.00002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1540-4560.00002"
}