LEADER 04721nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910777693103321 005 20230207224609.0 010 $a0-292-79847-4 024 7 $a10.7560/702103 035 $a(CKB)1000000000453894 035 $a(OCoLC)614556250 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10245784 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000109626 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11130970 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109626 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10045765 035 $a(PQKB)11005923 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443297 035 $a(OCoLC)60567308 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2070 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443297 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10245784 035 $a(DE-B1597)586772 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292798472 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000453894 100 $a20030812d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBecoming neighbors in a Mexican American community$b[electronic resource] $epower, conflict, and solidarity /$fGilda L. Ochoa 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (285 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-70210-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-266) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Introducing Becoming Neighbors -- $t2. Theorizing about Mexican American?Mexican Immigrant Relations in ??Occupied Mexico?? -- $t3. ??Where the Past Meets the Future??: Centering La Puente -- $t4. ??This Is Who I Am??: Negotiating Racial/Ethnic Constructions -- $t5. ??Between a Rock and a Hard Place, with No Easy Answers??: Structuring Conflict -- $t6. ??We Can?t Forget Our Roots??: Building Solidarity -- $t7. Constructing Puentes: Mexican American and Mexican Immigrant Mobilization -- $t8. Revisiting and Envisioning the Processes of Becoming Neighbors -- $tAppendix: The Politics of Research -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aOn the surface, Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants to the United States seem to share a common cultural identity but often make uneasy neighbors. Discrimination and assimilationist policies have influenced generations of Mexican Americans so that some now fear that the status they have gained by assimilating into American society will be jeopardized by Spanish-speaking newcomers. Other Mexican Americans, however, adopt a position of group solidarity and work to better the social conditions and educational opportunities of Mexican immigrants. Focusing on the Mexican-origin, working-class city of La Puente in Los Angeles County, California, this book examines Mexican Americans' everyday attitudes toward and interactions with Mexican immigrants?a topic that has so far received little serious study. Using in-depth interviews, participant observations, school board meeting minutes, and other historical documents, Gilda Ochoa investigates how Mexican Americans are negotiating their relationships with immigrants at an interpersonal level in the places where they shop, worship, learn, and raise their families. This research into daily lives highlights the centrality of women in the process of negotiating and building communities and sheds new light on identity formation and group mobilization in the U.S. and on educational issues, especially bilingual education. It also complements previous studies on the impact of immigration on the wages and employment opportunities of Mexican Americans. 606 $aMexican Americans$zCalifornia$zLa Puente$xSocial conditions 606 $aMexican Americans$zCalifornia$zLa Puente$xPolitics and government 606 $aImmigrants$zCalifornia$zLa Puente$xSocial conditions 606 $aEthnic neighborhoods$zCalifornia$zLa Puente 606 $aCommunity life$zCalifornia$zLa Puente 606 $aSocial conflict$zCalifornia$zLa Puente 607 $aLa Puente (Calif.)$xSocial conditions 607 $aLa Puente (Calif.)$xPolitics and government 615 0$aMexican Americans$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aMexican Americans$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aImmigrants$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aEthnic neighborhoods 615 0$aCommunity life 615 0$aSocial conflict 676 $a305.868/72079493 700 $aOchoa$b Gilda L.$f1965-$01491630 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777693103321 996 $aBecoming neighbors in a Mexican American community$93765396 997 $aUNINA