Mexican New York transnational lives o f new immigrants - Smith, Robert C., 1964-; American Council of Learned Societies (Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006)
Transnational life in ethnographic perspective -- Dual contexts for transnational life -- "Los ausentes siempre presentes" : imagining and making a local-level transnational political community -- The defeat of Don Victorio and why it matters : transnationalization, democratizatio n, and regime change on local, state, and federal levels -- Gender stra tegies, settlement, and transnational life -- "In Ticuani, he goes craz y" : the second generation renegotiates gender in Ticuani -- "Padre Jes us is our protector" : adolescence, religion, and social location in Ne w York and Ticuani -- "I'll go back next year" : local-level transnatio nal life across the life course -- Defending your name in New York and Ticuani : the roots and transnationalization of Mexican gangs -- "Why y ou gotta mess up a good place?" : returning to a changed Ticuani.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-349) and index.
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Keywords: Mexican Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditio ns; Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions; Transnationalism; United States -- Relations -- Mexico; Mexico -- Relations -- United States; New York (N.Y.) -- Emigration and immigration; Puebla (Mexico : State) -- Emigration and immigration; New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations