Table of Contents for The Latino Threat

The Latino Threat
How Alarmist Rhetoric Misrepresents Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation, Third Edition
Leo R. Chavez

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I CONSTRUCTING AND CHALLENGING MYTHS

1.The Latino Threat Narrative

2.How the Rhetoric of Resentment Targets Latinos

3.Latina Sexuality, Reproduction, and Fertility as Threats to the Nation

4.Fear of White Replacement and Latina Reproduction Reconsidered

PART II MEDIA SPECTACLES

5.Mainstreaming the Latino Threat Narrative

6.Spectacles of Surveillance on the U.S.-Mexico Border

7.Organ Transplants and the Privileges of Citizenship

8.Dreamers," DACA, and "Anchor Babies

PART III THE LATINO THREAT NARRATIVE'S EMOTIONAL TOLL

9.Latino Emotional Responses to Political Rhetoric as Resentimiento

10.The Latino Threat Narrative and Stress, Health, and Well-Being

Epilogue

Appendix: Methods for Studying the Emotional Effects of Rhetoric

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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