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Border lives : fronterizos, transnational migrants, and commuters in Tijuana

By Chavez , Sergio R

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9780199380619, 0199380619, 0199380570, 978-0-19-938057-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1892046 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
203\225
Time added
2017-06-25 19:00:00
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Description

In Border Lives, Sergio Chávez moves past Tijuana's notorious image as a hub of sex, drugs, and crime to tell the story of the diverse group of individuals who use both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border as a resource to construct their livelihoods. Based on ethnographic observation and in-depth interviews, Chávez explores the complex and often contradictory ways in which the border influences the livelihood strategies and lifestyles of border crossers. The border shapes respondents' knowledge and relationships, controls their time, and allows them to convert U.S. wages into a Mexican standard of living without losing the social and cultural comforts of Tijuana-as-home. A substantial contribution to migration and labor studies, Border Lives provides empirical grounding to theories of how geographical borders shape human action.

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