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Calexico - True Lives of the Borderlands (Paperback)
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Calexico - True Lives of the Borderlands (Paperback)
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These days everyone has something to say (or declaim ) about the
U.S.-Mexico border. Whether it's immigration, resource management,
educational policy, or drugs, the borderlands are either the
epicenter or the emblem of a current crisis facing the nation. At a
time when the region has been co-opted for every possible
rhetorical use, what endures is a resilient and vibrant local
culture that resists easy characterization. For an honest picture
of life on the border, what remains is to listen to voices that are
too often drowned out: the people who actually live and work there,
who make their homes and livings amid a confluence of cultures and
loyalties. For many of these people, the border is less a
hyphenated place than a meeting place, a merging. This aspect of
the border is epitomized in the names of two cities that straddle
the line: Calexico and Mexicali.
A "sleepy crossroads that exists at a global flashpoint," Calexico
serves as the reference point for veteran journalist Peter Laufer's
chronicle of day-to-day life on the border. This wide-ranging,
interview-driven book finds Laufer and travel
companion/photographer on a weeklong road trip through the Imperial
Valley and other border locales, engaging in earnest and revealing
conversations with the people they meet along the way. Laufer talks
to secretaries and politicians, restaurateurs and salsa dancers,
poets and real estate agents about the issues that matter to them
the most.
What draws them to border towns? How do they feel about border
security and the fences that may someday run through their
backyards? Is "English-only" a realistic policy? Why have some
towns flourished and others declined? What does it mean to be
Mexican or American in such a place? Waitress Bonnie Peterson
banters with customers in Spanish and English. Mayor Lewis Pacheco
laments the role that globalization has played in his city's labor
market. Some of their anecdotes are humorous, others grim.
Moreover, not everyone agrees. But this very diversity is part of
the fabric of the borderlands, and these stories demand to be
heard.
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