Border identifications : narratives of religion, gender, and class on the U.S.-Mexico border / Pablo Vila.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vila, Pablo, 1952-

Series:

Inter-America series.

Inter-America series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity--Mexico--Ciudad Juarez.

Group identity.

Group identity--Texas--El Paso.

Group identity--Mexican-American Border Region.

Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)--Social conditions.

Ciudad Juárez (Mexico).

El Paso (Tex.)--Social conditions.

El Paso (Tex.).

Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"An ethnography that explores the role of religion, gender, and class in the formation of social identity on both sides of the US-Mexico border. A continuation of the study Vila began in Crossing Borders, Reinforcing Borders"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Catholicism and Mexicanness on the U.S.-Mexico border

Mexican and Mexican American protestants

Regionalized gender narratives on the Mexican side of the border

Gender, nationality, and ethnicity on the American side of the border

The problematic class discourse on the border: the Mexican side

The problematic class discourse on the border: the American side.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-292) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79713-3

OCLC:

646761193