Compare and contrast the ways in which Rina Benmayor defines cultural citizenship in her article, Narrating Cultural Citizenship: Oral Histories of First Generation College Students of Mexican Origin and how Adam MeKeown defines citizenship in, Ritualization and Regulation: The Enforcement of Chinese Exclusion in the United States and China. How do these two understandings of citizenship differ and/or how are they similar? How do they utilize gender, race, property, labor, class, etc. to construct their understandings of citizenship?

Compare and contrast the ways in which Rina Benmayor defines cultural citizenship in her article, Narrating Cultural Citizenship: Oral Histories of First Generation College Students of Mexican Origin and how Adam MeKeown defines citizenship in, Ritualization and Regulation: The Enforcement of Chinese Exclusion in the United States and China. How do these two understandings of citizenship differ and/or how are they similar? How do they utilize gender, race, property, labor, class, etc. to construct their understandings of citizenship?

Your essay must have a thesis statement and you will be making an argument to defend your thesis. Include 2-3 examples EACH from the Benmayor and McKeown articles to support your argument and use keywords discussed in class to do so. Ie: race, gender, property, labor, class, etc. Do NOT utilize any outside sources. Papers must be between 750 – 1,000 words using Times New Roman, 12 pt, double-spaced formatting. Include a Bibliography page using MLA format.

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