Claudia Sadowski-Smith Book order

Introduction: presumed white: race, gender, and modes of migration in the post-Soviet diaspora -- The post-Soviet diaspora on transnational reality TV -- Highly skilled and marriage migrants in Arizona -- Segmented assimilation and return migration -- The desire for adoptive invisibility -- Fictions of irregular post-Soviet migration -- The post-Soviet diaspora in comparative perspective -- Conclusion: immigrant whiteness today

Focusing on multiethnic and transnational cultural representations, this work provides a comparative analysis of the U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada. Claudia Sadowski-Smith integrates textual analysis with globalization and empire theories, creating a fresh model of inter-American studies that embraces diversity and broad geographical perspectives.