Mexican New York : transnational lives of new immigrants / Robert Courtney Smith.
- Smith, Robert C., 1964-
- Date:
- [2006], ©2006
- Books
- Online
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About this work
Publication/Creation
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2006], ©2006.
Physical description
x, 375 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Series
Contents
Transnational life in ethnographic perspective -- Dual contexts for transnational life -- "Los ausentes siempre presentes" : imagining and making a local-level transnational political community -- The defeat of Don Victorio and why it matters : transnationalization, democratization, and regime change on local, state, and federal levels -- Gender strategies, settlement, and transnational life -- "In Ticuani, he goes crazy" : the second generation renegotiates gender in Ticuani -- "Padre Jesus is our protector" : adolescence, religion, and social location in New York and Ticuani -- "I'll go back next year" : local-level transnational life across the life course -- Defending your name in New York and Ticuani : the roots and transnationalization of Mexican gangs -- "Why you gotta mess up a good place?" : returning to a changed Ticuani.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-349) and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
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Subjects
- Mexican AmericansNew York (State)New YorkSocial conditions
- ImmigrantsNew York (State)New YorkSocial conditions
- Transnationalism
- United StatesRelationsMexico
- MexicoRelationsUnited States
- New York (N.Y.)Emigration and immigration
- Puebla (Mexico : State)Emigration and immigration
- New York (N.Y.)Ethnic relations