Border Lives
Fronterizos, Transnational Migrants, and Commuters in Tijuana
Seiten
2016
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-938058-9 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-938058-9 (ISBN)
Border Lives tells the story of former, current, and future border crosses who live in Tijuana and use the border as a resource to construct their livelihoods. Drawing on almost a year and a half of ethnographic data, Sergio Chávez demonstrates the ways in which the border can be both a resource and a constraint on people's lives.
Although Tijuana has historically been one of the primary crossing points between Mexico and the United States for undocumented migrants, representations of the city primarily focus on its reputation for sex, drugs, and crime, excluding its significance in the international migration dynamic.
In Border Lives, Sergio Chávez moves beyond Tijuana's infamous image to tell the story of a diverse group of individuals who live in Tijuana and use both sides of the border as a resource to construct their livelihoods. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth interviews, Chávez explores the complex and often contradictory ways in which the border shapes the lives of border crossers. Due to the precarious nature of access to the border, some were only able to use the border as a resource in the past, while others continue to seek ways to access the border in the future. Yet for all of these border crossers--past, present, and future--the border itself plays a significant role not only in their livelihood strategies, but also their lifestyles.
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 their home. Beyond mere ethnography, this book provides empirical grounding to theories of how the border shapes human action, offering a substantial contribution to migration and labor theory.
Although Tijuana has historically been one of the primary crossing points between Mexico and the United States for undocumented migrants, representations of the city primarily focus on its reputation for sex, drugs, and crime, excluding its significance in the international migration dynamic.
In Border Lives, Sergio Chávez moves beyond Tijuana's infamous image to tell the story of a diverse group of individuals who live in Tijuana and use both sides of the border as a resource to construct their livelihoods. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth interviews, Chávez explores the complex and often contradictory ways in which the border shapes the lives of border crossers. Due to the precarious nature of access to the border, some were only able to use the border as a resource in the past, while others continue to seek ways to access the border in the future. Yet for all of these border crossers--past, present, and future--the border itself plays a significant role not only in their livelihood strategies, but also their lifestyles.
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 their home. Beyond mere ethnography, this book provides empirical grounding to theories of how the border shapes human action, offering a substantial contribution to migration and labor theory.
Sergio Chávez is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rice University
Chapter 1: Crafting Border Livelihoods
Chapter 2: The Occupational Careers of Ex-Braceros
Chapter 3: Becoming a Border Commuter
Chapter 4: Strategies for Crossing the Border through (Non)Inspection
Chapter 5: Border Networks
Chapter 6: Conclusion: Lessons from Tijuana
Epilogue: Border Lives One Decade Later
Appendix A: Methodological Reflection
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 19.03.2016 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 2 b/w line art; 2 b/w halftone |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 231 mm |
| Gewicht | 295 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-938058-9 / 0199380589 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-938058-9 / 9780199380589 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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