While the U.S.-Mexico borderlands resemble border regions in other
parts of the world, nowhere else do so many millions of people from
two dissimilar nations live in such close proximity and interact
with each other so intensely. Borderlanders are singular in their
history, outlook, and behavior, and their lifestyle deviates from
the norms of central Mexico and the interior United States; yet
these Mexicans, Mexican-Americans, and Anglo-Americans also differ
among themselves, and within each group may be found cross-border
consumers, commuters, and people who are inclined or disinclined to
embrace both cultures. Based on firsthand interviews with
individuals from all walks of life, Border People presents case
histories of transnational interaction and transculturation, and
addresses the themes of cross-border migration, interdependence,
labor, border management, ethnic confrontation, cultural fusion,
and social activism. Here migrants and workers, functionaries and
activists, and "mixers" who have crossed cultural boundaries recall
events in their lives related to life on the border. Their stories
show how their lives have been shaped by the borderlands milieu and
how they have responded to the situations they have faced. Border
People shows that these borderlanders live in a unique human
environment shaped by physical distance from central areas and
constant exposure to transnational processes. The oral histories
contained here reveal, to a degree that no scholarly analysis can,
that borderlanders are indeed people, each with his or her own
individual perspective, hopes, and dreams.
General
Imprint: |
University of Arizona Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 1994 |
First published: |
May 1994 |
Authors: |
Oscar J Mart inez
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Dimensions: |
155 x 229 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - With dust jacket
|
Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8165-1414-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
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LSN: |
0-8165-1414-3 |
Barcode: |
9780816514144 |
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