TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Re‐Thinking Illegality as a Violence Against, not by Mexican Immigrants, Children, and Youth
JO  - Journal of Social Issues
A1  - Solis, Jocelyn
SP  - 15
EP  - 31
VL  - 59
IS  - 1
N2  - 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 /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-4537
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1540-4560.00002
ID  - ref1
ER  -