Making the immigrant soldier : how race, ethnicity, class, and gender intersect in the US military

Summary: "Immigrants to the United States have long used the armed forces as a shortcut to citizenship. Cristina-Ioana Dragomir profiles Lily, Alexa, and Vikrant, three immigrants of varying nationalities and backgrounds who chose military service as their way of becoming American citizens. Privileging the trio's own words and experiences, Dragomir crafts a human-focused narrative that moves from their lives in their home countries and decisions to join the military to their fraught naturalization processes within the service. Dragomir illuminates how race, ethnicity, class, and gender impacted their transformation from immigrant to soldier, veteran, and American. She explores how these factors both eased their journeys and created obstacles that complicated their access to healthcare, education, economic resources, and other forms of social justice. A compelling union of analysis and rich storytelling, Making the Immigrant Soldier traces the complexities of serving in the military in order to pursue the American dream"--

Record details

ISBN: 025208716X
ISBN: 0252045033
ISBN: 9780252087165
ISBN: 9780252045035
ISBN: 9780252054303
ISBN: 025205430X
Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface. "I Am Light Green" -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Conceptual Work Lily Alexa Vikrant -- Conclusion Appendix: Creating Social Research -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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