Documenting the Undocumented: Latino/a Narratives and Social Justice in the Era of Operation Gatekeeper

Synopsis

Looking At Fiction And Nonfiction By Citizen Journalists And Undocumented Writers, Caminero-santangelo Finds That Latino/a Writers Increasingly Express A Sense Of Solidarity With Undocumented Immigrants. She Also Notes, However, That The Literary And Narrative Response Is Far From Heterogeneous. Narrating The Non-nation: Literary Journalism And Illegal Border Crossings -- The Lost Ones: Post-gatekeeper Border Fictions And The Construction Of Cultural Trauma -- The Caribbean Difference: Imagining Trans-status Communities -- Selling The Undocumented: Life Narratives Of Unauthorized Immigrants -- Unauthorized Plots: Life Writing, Transnationalism, And The Possibilities Of Agency -- Undocumented Testimony: American Dreamers. Marta Caminero-santangelo. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.