Dreamer Nation - 9780817360955

Dreamer NationImmigration, Activism, and Neoliberalism\nAuthor(s): Ana Milena Ribero\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Alabama Press\nISBN-13: 9780817360955, 978-0817360955\nSynopsis\nIllustrates how the Dreamer community was created rhetoricallyin the discourse, messages, actions, and visual representations of undocumented youth\n\nDreamer Nation tells the story of how Dreamers in the Obama era creatively confronted a complex sociopolitical landscape to advocate for immigrant rights and empower undocumented youth to proudly represent their lives and identities, all while under the ever-present threat of detention and deportation. Contributing to rhetorical studies of social movements, immigration, and minoritized rhetorics, Ribero argues that even though Dreamer rhetorics were reflective of the discursive limits of the neoliberal milieu, they also worked to disrupt neoliberal constraints through activism that tr.