Zapotecs on the move : cultural, social, and political processes in transnational perspective / Adriana Cruz-Manjarrez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cruz-Manjarrez, Adriana, 1966-

Series:

Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States

Latinidad: transnational cultures in the united states

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural-urban migration--California--Los Angeles.

Rural-urban migration.

Zapotec Indians--Cultural assimilation--California--Los Angeles.

Zapotec Indians.

Zapotec Indians--Mexico--Hidalgo Yalalag--History.

Zapotec Indians--Mexico--Hidalgo Yalalag--Migrations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through interviews with three generations of Yalálag Zapotecs ("Yaláltecos") in Los Angeles and Yalálag, Oaxaca, this book examines the impact of international migration on this community. It traces five decades of migration to Los Angeles in order to delineate migration patterns, community formation in Los Angeles, and the emergence of transnational identities of the first and second generations of Yalálag Zapotecs in the United States, exploring why these immigrants and their descendents now think of themselves as Mexican, Mexican Indian immigrants, Oaxaqueños, and Latinos-identities they did not claim in Mexico. Based on multi-site fieldwork conducted over a five-year period, Adriana Cruz-Manjarrez analyzes how and why Yalálag Zapotec identity and culture have been reconfigured in the United States, using such cultural practices as music, dance, and religious rituals as a lens to bring this dynamic process into focus. By illustrating the sociocultural, economic, and political practices that link immigrants in Los Angeles to those left behind, the book documents how transnational migration has reflected, shaped, and transformed these practices in both their place of origin and immigration.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Yalálag Zapotecs: A Town of Immigrants

2. Building Community and Connections in Los Angeles

3. Community Life across Borders

4. Yalálag Zapotec Identities in a Changing World

5. Identities of the Second- Generation Yalálag Zapotecs

6. Danzas Chuscas: Performing Status, Violence, and Gender in Oaxacalifornia

7. Community and Culture in Transnational Perspective

Conclusion

Appendix

Notes

Glossary

References

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8135-6072-1

OCLC:

831118226