Yucatecans in Dallas, Texas : breaching the border, bridging the distance / Rachel H. Adler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adler, Rachel H. (Rachel Husin)

Series:

New immigrants series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Cultural assimilation--Texas--Dallas.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans--Texas--Dallas--Social conditions.

Immigrants--Texas--Dallas--Social conditions.

Immigrants.

Assimilation (Sociology)--Texas--Dallas.

Assimilation (Sociology).

Social conditions.

Mexican Americans--Cultural assimilation.

Dallas (Tex.)--Ethnic relations.

Dallas (Tex.).

Dallas (Tex.)--Emigration and immigration.

Yucatán (Mexico : State)--Emigration and immigration.

Yucatán (Mexico : State).

Texas--Dallas.

Physical Description:

x, 166 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Allyn & Bacon, [2008]

Contents:

Kaal as context

Yucatán in the context of United States-Mexico migration

Living in Kaal

The meaning of "Mayanness"

Yucatecans in the "Big D"

Racial and ethnic relations in Dallas

The Yucatecans in Dallas

Crossing the line : migrants and the U.S.-Mexico border

U.S. migration law, border crossing, and transnational migration

The border crossing process

Effects of border crossing

Border crossing : "weapon of the weak"

Migrant agendas and transnationalism

Yucatecan migrant agendas

Migrant agendas : two examples

Circumventing the nation-state

Dallas-Yucatán transnational migration

Goods and information

Women and men migrants

Women and men from Kaal : gendered social spheres

Case studies of migrant couples

Discussion of the cases

Conclusion : Yucatecan men and women in Dallas

Yucatecan migrants and social change

Final thoughts : will transnationalism last?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-161) and index.

ISBN:

9780205521029

0205521029

OCLC:

86117455