Beyond the Bookshelf: ‘Illegalized’ with Rafael A. Martínez

Join the ASU Library for the next installment of the “Beyond the Bookshelf” series on Tuesday, March 25 from 2 to 3 p.m. You’re invited to a virtual conversation with Rafael Martínez, assistant professor of Southwest Borderlands in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts about his new book “ Illegalized: Undocumented Youth Movements in the United States” which takes readers on a journey through the history of the rise of undocumented youth social movements in the United States in the twenty-first century. Martínez’s book follows the documentation trail of undocumented youth activists spanning over two decades of organizing. Each chapter carefully analyzes key organizing strategies used by undocumented youth to produce direct forms of activism that expose and critique repressive forms of state control and violence. 

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Martínez teaches courses on the American Southwest, Arizona History, the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, and Transborder Chicano Literature. His work engages in Borderlands Studies to demonstrate how communities along the Mexico-U.S. border contribute to the social, political, and economic fabric of the U.S.

“Beyond the Bookshelf” is a series presented by the ASU Library featuring ASU authors in conversation with librarians.