Yucatecans in Dallas, Texas: Breaching the Border, Bridging the Distance, 2nd Edition
ISBN-10: 0-205-52102-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-205-52102-9
Published by Prentice Hall
© 2008
Pub. Date: Jul 10, 2007
Format: Paper
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Description
This update of a beautifully written ethnography on Yucatecan migrants in Dallas, TX, is a “best-of” in Allyn & Bacon's New Immigrants Series.
Through fascinating vignettes and case studies, this unique text illustrates how these migrants actively maintain social ties across borders and paints a vivid picture of the people and their lives, it also places them in the context of current U.S. immigration policy. This is a must-read book that will mesmerize students and bring them up to speed on one of the most crucial issues facing the U.S. today.
Table of Contents
Foreword to the Series
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Studying the Yucatecans in Dallas
Overview
Kaal as Context
Yucatan in the Context of United States-Mexico Migration
Living in Kaal
The Meaning of “Mayanness”
Conclusion
Yucatecans in the “Big D”
Racial and Ethnic Relations in Dallas
The Yucatecans in Dallas
Conclusion
Crossing the Line: Migrants and the U.S.-Mexico Border
U.S. Migration Law, Border Crossing, and Transnational Migration
The Border Crossing Process
Effects of Border Crossing
Border Crossing: “Weapon of the Weak”
Migrant Agendas and Transnationalism
Yucatecan Migrant Agendas
Migrant Agendas: Two Examples
Circumventing the Nation-State
Dallas-Yucatan Transnational Migration
Goods and Information
Conclusion
Women and Men Migrants
Women and Men from Kaal: Gendered Social Spheres
Case Studies of Migrant Couples
Discussion of the Cases
Conclusion: Yucatecan Men and Women in Dallas
Conclusion
Yucatecan Migrants and Social Change
Final Thoughts: Will Transnationalism Last?
Epilogue
References
Index
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