Words of passage : national longing and the imagined lives of Mexican migrants / Hilary Parsons Dick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dick, Hilary Parsons, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexicans.

Emigration and immigration.

Social aspects.

Mexico--Emigration and immigration.

Mexico.

Mexico--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Uriangato (Mexico)--Emigration and immigration.

Uriangato (Mexico).

Mexicans--Migrations.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 283 pages : 1 illustration ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2018.

Contents:

Technical note. Methodology and methods : tools, terms, and transcription

Introduction. Words of passage : imagined lives, migration discourse, and national belonging

So far from god : state-endorsed imaginaries of moral mobility in Mexico

Private eyes, good girls : authoritative accounts and the social life of interviewing

Diaspora at home : homebuilding and the failures of Mexican progress

Possibility and perdition : discursive interaction and ethico-moral practice in traditionalist talk of migration

Saints and suffering : critical appeal in relationships with the divine beyond

Conclusion. Worlds of passage : moral mobility in global context.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-267) and index.

ISBN:

9781477314012

1477314016

9781477314029

1477314024

OCLC:

994296547

Publisher Number:

99974092095