Batos, bolillos, pochos, & pelados : class & culture on the South Texas border / Chad Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, Chad, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social classes--Texas.

Social classes.

Social classes--Mexican-American Border Region.

Subculture--Texas.

Subculture.

Subculture--Mexican-American Border Region.

Ethnic relations.

Race relations.

Texas--Race relations.

Texas.

Mexican-American Border Region--Race relations.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Texas--Ethnic relations.

Mexican-American Border Region--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

xxii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Batos, bolillos, pochos, and pelados

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1999.

Summary:

"The Valley of South Texas," a recent joke goes, "is a great place to live. It's so close to the United States." Culturally, this borderland region is both Mexican and Anglo-American, and its people span the full spectrum, from a minority who wish to remain insulated within strictly Anglo or Mexican communities and traditions to a majority who daily negotiate both worlds.

This book offers the fullest portrait currently available of the people of the South Texas borderlands. An outgrowth of the Borderlife Research Project conducted at the University of Texas-Pan American, it uses the voices of several hundred Valley residents, backed by the findings of sociological surveys, to describe the lives of migrant farm workers, colonia residents, undocumented domestic servants, maquila workers, and Mexican street children. Likewise, it explores race and ethnic relations among Mexican Americans, permanent Anglo residents, "Winter Texans," Blacks, and Mexican immigrants. From this firsthand material, the book vividly reveals how social class, race, and ethnicity have interacted to form a unique border culture.

Contents:

Chapter 1. "Mama, Nosotros Somos Migrantes": South Texas Farmworkers, 1950-1990 / Cruz C. Torres, Juanita Valdez Cox 17

Chapter 2. "A Nice House": The Colonias of South Texas 43

Chapter 3. "Only a Maid": Undocumented Domestic Workers in South Texas / Cruz C. Torres 69

Chapter 4. Social Class on the South Texas-Mexico Border 95

Chapter 5. The Pain of Gain: Fifty Years of Anglo-Hispanic Relations in South Texas Schools / Maria Olivia Villarreal-Solano 123

Chapter 6. From Mexicanos to Mexican Americans 153

Chapter 7. "Ahi Viene el Bolillo!": Anglo Newcomers to South Texas 183

Chapter 8. Black, Brown, and White: Race and Ethnicity in South Texas 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-283) and index.

ISBN:

029277091X

0292770901

OCLC:

39627616