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Clandestine crossings : migrants and coyotes on the Texas-Mexico border /

Clandestine Crossings delivers an in-depth description and analysis of the experiences of working-class Mexican migrants at the beginning of the twenty-first century as they enter the United States surreptitiously with the help of paid guides known as coyotes. Drawing on ethnographic observations of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spener, David, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The unfolding of apartheid in South Texas : domination, resistance, and migration
  • Clandestine crossing at the beginning of the twenty-first century : the long march through the brush country
  • Coyotaje as a cultural practice applied to migration
  • Coyotaje and migration in the contemporary period
  • Trust, distrust, and power : the social embeddedness of coyote-assisted border-crossings
  • Passing judgment : coyotes in the discourse of clandestine border-crossing.