The U.S.-Mexico transborder region : cultural dynamics and historical interactions / edited by Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez and Josiah Heyman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vélez-Ibañez, Carlos G., 1936- editor.

Heyman, Josiah McC. (Josiah McConnell), 1958- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican-American Border Region.

North America--Mexican-American Border Region.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

402 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2017.

Summary:

"One of the most complete collections of essays on U.S.-Mexico border studies"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Transborder Processes and Sites: Theoretical and Methodological Innovations

1 Continuity and Contiguity of the Southwest North American Region: The Dynamics of a Common Political Ecology / Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez Vélez-Ibáñez, Carlos G. 11

2 Contributions of U.S.-Mexico Border Studies to Social Science Theory / Josiah Heyman Heyman, Josiah 44

3 Exceptional States and Insipid Border Walls / Margaret E. Dorsey Dorsey, Margaret E., Miguel Díaz-Barriga Díaz-Barriga, Miguel 65

4 Of Borders, Bridges, Walls, and Other Relations, Historical and Contemporary: A Commentary / Alejandro Lugo Lugo, Alejandro 81

Part II Southwest North American Language Dynamics and the Creation of Bordering

5 Proto-Uto-Aztecan: A Community of Cultivators in Central Mexico? / Jane H. Hill Hill, Jane H. 91

6 The Hegemony of Language and Its Discontents: Spanish Impositions from the Colonial to the Mexican Period / Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez Vélez-Ibáñez, Carlos G. 134

7 Spanish-English Bilingualism in Uneven and. Combined Relations / Josiah Heyman Heyman, Josiah, Amado Alarcón Alarcón, Amado 157

8 Southwest North American Language Dynamics and the Creation of Bordering: A Commentary / Robert R. Álvarez Álvarez, Robert R. 169

Part III Peoples, Political Policies, and Their Contradictions

9 The Ethics of Culture and Transnational Household Structure and Formation Revisited / Anna Ochoa O'Leary O'Leary, Anna Ochoa 177

10 Neoliberal Policies and the Reshaping of the U.S.-Mexico Border: The Case of Arizona / James Greenberg Greenberg, James, Luminita-Anda Mandache Mandache, Luminita-Anda 198

11 Beyond Il/legality: Persistent Inequality and Racialized Borders of U.S. Citizenship / Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz Gomberg-Muñoz, Ruth 228

11 Where Is "the Border"? The Fourth Amendment, Boundary Enforcement, and the Making of an Inherently Suspect Class / Luis F. B. Plascencia Plascencia, Luis F. B. 244

13 Peoples, Political Policies, and Their Contradictions: A Commentary / Robert R. Álvarez Álvarez, Robert R. 281

Part IV Transborder Economic, Ecological, and Health Processes

14 Co-producing Waterscapes: Urban Growth and Indigenous Water Rights in the Sonoran Desert / Lucero Radonic Radonic, Lucero, Thomas E. Sheridan Sheridan, Thomas E. 287

15 Neoliberal Regimes, Research Methods, Local Activism: Border Steel, Environmental Injustice, and Health in a Texas-Mexico Border Colonia / Kathleen Staudt Staudt, Kathleen 305

16 Diverted Retirement: The Pension Crisis Among Elderly Migrant Farmworkers / Sarah Horton Horton, Sarah 322

17 Portraits of Food Insecurity in Colonias in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region: Ethnographic Insights on Everyday Life Challenges and Strategies to Access Food / Guillermina Gina Núñez-Mchiri Núñez-Mchiri, Guillermina Gina, Diana Riviera Riviera, Diana, Corina Marrufo Marrufo, Corina 342

18 Transborder Economic, Ecological, and Health Processes: A Commentary / Judith Freidenberg Freidenberg, Judith 370.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816536269

0816536260

9780816535156

0816535159

OCLC:

961159842