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Jornalero : being a day laborer in the USA / / Juan Thomas Ordóñez



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Autore: Ordóñez Juan Thomas <1976-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Jornalero : being a day laborer in the USA / / Juan Thomas Ordóñez Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2015]
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 pages)
Disciplina: 331
Soggetto topico: Day laborers - California - Berkeley
Foreign workers, Latin American - California - Berkeley
Undocumented immigrants - Employment - California - Berkeley
Soggetto non controllato: american economy
american immigrants
american labor
american society
anthropology
business
california series in public anthropology
constant competition
dangerous work
day laborer
economic crisis
industrial relations
informal day labor sites
informal economy
informal labor
labor studies
latin american men
loneliness
poor
poverty
precarious
san francisco bay area
social roles
stress
underpaid work
undocumented immigrants
undocumented labor
united states
unskilled manual labor
urban
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: La parada de Berkeley -- Friendship and the inner workings of day labor -- Abuse and the absurd bureaucracy of small things -- The "other" among others -- Bittersweet nostalgia, sexuality, and the body at risk -- Belonging -- Terror and the May migra panic.
Sommario/riassunto: "The United States has seen a dramatic rise in the number of informal day labor sites in the last two decades. These sites, typically frequented by immigrant Latin American men---mostly taken to be 'undocumented' immigrants--constitute an important source of unskilled manual labor that sustains building, landscaping, and moving activities in the country. Despite their ubiquitous presence in urban areas, however, much of the research on immigration overlooks day laborers' very existence. While standing in plain view, these men live and work in a precarious environment: As they try to make enough money to send home, they are at the mercy of unscrupulous employers, doing dangerous and underpaid work, and, ultimately, experiencing great threats to their identities and social roles as men. Born and raised in Colombia by an American mother and Colombian father, Juan Thomas Ordóñez spent two years on an informal labor site in the Bay Area, documenting the harsh lives led by some of these men during the worst economic crisis the country has seen in decades. Another Latin American among mainly Mexican and Central American day laborers, he gained a vantage on the immigrant experience based on close relationships with a cohort of men whose lives unravel in a setting of competition, stress, loneliness, and resilience. Both eye-opening and heart-breaking, this account offers a unique perspective on how the informal economy of undocumented labor truly functions in American society"--Provided by publisher.
Titolo autorizzato: Jornalero  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-27786-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910788300403321
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Serie: California series in public anthropology.