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Mexico, Nation in Transit
Christina L. Sisk
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Description for Mexico, Nation in Transit
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Mexico, Nation in Transit examines how the Mexican migrant population in the United States is represented in the Mexican national imaginary--on both sides of the border. Exploring representations of migration in literature, film, and music produced in the past twenty years, Christina Sisk argues that Mexico is imagined as a nation that exists outside of its territorial borders and into the United States. Although some Americans feel threatened by the determined resilience of Mexican national identity among immigrants, Sisk counters that the persistence of immigrant Mexicans' identities with their homeland--with the cities, states, regions, and nation where they were born ... Read more
Mexico, Nation in Transit examines how the Mexican migrant population in the United States is represented in the Mexican national imaginary--on both sides of the border. Exploring representations of migration in literature, film, and music produced in the past twenty years, Christina Sisk argues that Mexico is imagined as a nation that exists outside of its territorial borders and into the United States. Although some Americans feel threatened by the determined resilience of Mexican national identity among immigrants, Sisk counters that the persistence of immigrant Mexicans' identities with their homeland--with the cities, states, regions, and nation where they were born ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Arizona Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816530656
SKU
V9780816530656
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About Christina L. Sisk
Christina L. Sisk is an associate professor in the Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Houston, USA.
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