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Border visionsBook 1996 • Vélez-Ibáñez, Carlos G.
Chicanos • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
Vélez-Ibáñez examines the effect of the Mexican-U.S. border on Mexican American history, identity, and culture. He begins by establishing the fact that there is a long history (and prehistory) of north-south movement of people between what is today c...The nonconsenting sterilization of Mexican women in Los Angelesessay 1980 • Vélez-Ibáñez, Carlos G.
Chicanos • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
The nonconsenting sterilization of Mexican women in a Los Angeles public medical center, and the resulting law suit against the hospital, is the primary focus of this study. Prior to the trial Vélez-I. was asked by the plintiff's lawyers to act as a ...