Citizenship Studies
Volume 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-217

(Un) worthy: Latina battered immigrants under VAWA and the construction of neoliberal subjects (Article)

Berger S.*
  • a Department of Political Science, Fordham University, NY, United States

Abstract

In the United States recognition as a battered immigrant can lead to legalization and citizenship for abused women when provisions in the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) are applied. To successfully utilize VAWA towards these ends, however, a battered immigrant woman also receives a lesson in cultural restructuring required of citizenship; VAWA establishes the regulations and standards necessary to remake abused immigrants into neoliberal subjects. This essay examines the experiences of undocumented Latina immigrants within the VAWA legal paradigm and explores the ways in which the process artfully crafts the good neoliberal citizen. © 2009 Taylor & Francis.

Author Keywords

Abuse citizenship Immigration

Index Keywords

violence Eurasia Italy migrants experience Latina paradigm shift neoliberalism Europe citizenship human rights Southern Europe Lazio immigration North America womens status United States immigrant population
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-70350031485&doi=10.1080%2f13621020902850619&partnerID=40&md5=72ede21886bbcd6fb8381857b1a06307
DOI: 10.1080/13621020902850619
ISSN: 13621025
Cited by: 16
Original Language: English