Laura Velasco Ortiz, Oscar F. Contreras

Mexican Voices of the Border Region

Übersetzer: Del Castillo, Sandra

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How the border shapes the experiences and opportunities of Mexicans on each side

Produktdetails

• Voices of Latin American Life
• Verlag: Temple University Press
• New
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781592139088
• ISBN-10: 1592139086
• Artikelnr.: 31976322

Autorenporträt

Laura Velasco Ortiz is Professor in the Department of Cultural Studies at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. She is the author of Mixtec Transnational Identity, an updated translation of her book El regreso de la comunidad: Migración indígena y agentes étnicos. Los mixtecos en la frontera México–Estados Unidos. Oscar F. Contreras is a Professor in the Department of Social Studies at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. He is the author of many articles and books, most recently Aprendizaje tecnológico y desarrollo local: La industria automotriz en el norte de México.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Foreword, by Arthur Schmidt
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Lived Borders
1. Living on the Agricultural Frontier
2. Home, Sweet Industrial Home
3. Sex without Kisses, Love with Abuse
4. A Straight-Dealing Drug Trafficker
5. An Indigenous Woman Street Vendor
6. A Caregiver Commuter
7. A Border Acrobat
8. The Mexicali Panther
9. A Young Mexican American
10. Guarding the American Dream
Conclusion: Opportunity and Uncertainty
Notes
References
Index