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Ethnography at the Border
Pablo . Ed(S): Vila
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Paperback. Editor(s): Vila, Pablo. Series: Cultural Studies of the Americas S. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
An illuminating account of life at the U.S.-Mexico border
For cultural theorists, “the border” has proven a fluid and hybrid space profitably explored for new ideas about identity, gender, and ethnicity. But for those who occupy this region, the border is not merely a metaphor, but a lived experience, yielding immediate, often pressing ambiguities, problems, and perils.
Focusing on a particular area of the U.S.-Mexico border, Ciudad Juarez-El Paso, Ethnography at the Border brings out the complexity of the border experience through the voices of the diverse people who inhabit the region. In a series of ethnographic essays that investigate specific ... Read morePainstakingly conveying how the border looks and feels to those on both sides, Ethnography at the Border transmutes statistics on migration, labor markets, and economic trends—as well as conceptualizations of cross-cultural identities—into the experience, the observations, and the troubling lessons of border life.Contributors: Eduardo Barrera, U of Texas, El Paso, and El Colegio de la Frontera Norte; Jessica Chapin, U of Texas, Austin; Tim J. Dunn, Salisbury U; Sarah Hill, Western Michigan U; Victor M. Ortiz, Northeastern Illinois U at Chicago; John A. Peterson, U of Texas, El Paso; Leslie Salzinger, U of Chicago; David Spener, Trinity U; María Socorro Tabuenca Córdoba, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte; Melissa W. Wright, Penn State U. Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Cultural Studies of the Americas S.
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816640348
SKU
V9780816640348
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About Pablo . Ed(S): Vila
Pablo Vila is associate professor of sociology at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
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