Performance, Identity, and Immigration Law A Theatre of Undocumented

How has contemporary American theatre presented so-called undocumented immigrants? Placing theatre artists and their work within a context of on-going debate, Guterman shows how theatre fills an essential role in a critical conversation by exploring the p

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Performance, Identity, and Immigration Law

10.1057/9781137411006 - Performance, Identity, and Immigration Law, Gad Guterman

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A Theatre of Undocumentedness

Gad Guterman

10.1057/9781137411006 - Performance, Identity, and Immigration Law, Gad Guterman

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Performance, Identity, and Immigration Law

performance, identity, and immigration law

Copyright © Gad Guterman, 2014. All rights reserved.

Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–41248–5 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Guterman, Gad.    Performance, identity, and immigration law : a theatre of undocumentedness / by Gad Guterman.     pages cm    Includes bibliographical references and index.    ISBN 978–1–137–41248–5 (alk. paper)    1. Hispanic American theater. 2. Hispanic Americans in the performing arts. 3. American drama—Hispanic American authors— History and criticism. 4. American drama—20th century—History and criticism. 5. Illegal aliens in literature. 6. Emigration and immigration in literature. 7. Citizenship in literature. 8. Identity (Psychology) in literature. 9. Theater and society—United States. I. Title. PN2270.H57G68 2014 792.089968073—dc23

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Acknowledgments 1 Act § 237(a)(1)(B)—Present in Violation of Law

vii 1

2 Act § 275(a)—Improper Entry by Alien

33

3 Act § 274A—Unlawful Employment of Aliens

67

4 Act § 212(a)(9)(B)(iii)(III)—Family Unity

99

5 Act § 331—Alien Enemies

131

6 Act § 505—Appeals

167

Notes

177

Bibliography

209

Index

227

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