03528nam 2200781 a 450 991097521070332120200520144314.097866131339399781283133937128313393897815921391011592139108(CKB)2550000000032958(EBL)686226(OCoLC)722853561(SSID)ssj0000516952(PQKBManifestationID)11346894(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000516952(PQKBWorkID)10486453(PQKB)10173533(MiAaPQ)EBC686226(MdBmJHUP)muse13428(Au-PeEL)EBL686226(CaPaEBR)ebr10466253(CaONFJC)MIL313393(Perlego)2031209(EXLCZ)99255000000003295820100729d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMexican voices of the border region /Laura Velasco Ortiz and Oscar F. Contreras ; with translations by Sandra del CastilloPhiladelphia Temple University Press20111 online resource (238 p.)Voices of Latin American lifeDescription based upon print version of record.9781592139088 1592139086 9781592139095 1592139094 Includes bibliographical references and index.Living on the agricultural frontier -- Home, sweet industrial home -- Sex without kisses, love with abuse -- A straight-dealing drug trafficker -- An indigenous woman street vendor -- A caregiver commuter -- A border acrobat -- The Mexicali panther -- A young Mexican American -- Guarding the American dream.Every day, 40,000 commuters cross the U.S. Mexico border at Tijuana San Diego to go to work. Untold numbers cross illegally. Since NAFTA was signed into law, the border has become a greater obstacle for people moving between countries. Transnational powers have exerted greater control over the flow of goods, services, information, and people.Mexican Voices of the Border Region examines the flow of people, commercial traffic, and the development of relationships across this border. Through first-person narratives, Laura Velasco Ortiz and Oscar F. Contreras show that sinceVoices of Latin American life.MexicansMexican-American Border RegionSocial conditionsMexican AmericansMexican-American Border RegionSocial conditionsMexicansMexican-American Border RegionEthnic identityMexican AmericansMexican-American Border RegionEthnic identitySocial ecologyMexican-American Border RegionMexican-American Border RegionSocial conditionsMexican-American Border RegionEmigration and immigrationSocial aspectsMexicansSocial conditions.Mexican AmericansSocial conditions.MexicansEthnic identity.Mexican AmericansEthnic identity.Social ecology972/.1Velasco Ortiz M. Laura1812301Contreras Montellano Oscar F1812302MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910975210703321Mexican voices of the border region4364656UNINA