Description

Features

• Provides a real-life illustration of a currently hot topic in anthropology, the social sciences, and the general public–immigration.
• Focuses on one community and concentrates on transnationalism.
• Offers ideal material for scholars of migration.

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• Provides a fascinating update of the Yucatecans in a post 9/11 world
• Addresses current U.S. immigration policy
• Examines the situation of second generation Yucatecans
• Explores the implications of gentrification for urban dwelling immigrants

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Series

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Studying the Yucatecans in Dallas

Overview

Yucatan in the Context of United States-Mexico Migration

Living in Kaal

The Meaning of “Mayanness”

Conclusion

 Racial and Ethnic Relations in Dallas

The Yucatecans in Dallas

Conclusion

Crossing the Line: Migrants and the U.S.-Mexico Border

U.S. Migration Law, Border Crossing, and Transnational Migration

The Border Crossing Process

Effects of Border Crossing

Border Crossing: “Weapon of the Weak”

Migrant Agendas and Transnationalism

Yucatecan Migrant Agendas

Migrant Agendas: Two Examples

Circumventing the Nation-State

Dallas-Yucatan Transnational Migration

Goods and Information

Conclusion

Women and Men from Kaal: Gendered Social Spheres

Case Studies of Migrant Couples

Discussion of the Cases

Conclusion: Yucatecan Men and Women in Dallas

Yucatecan Migrants and Social Change

Final Thoughts: Will Transnationalism Last?

Courses

Peoples and Cultures of the Americas  [NEW IMMIGRANTS SERIES]   (Anthropology)
Race Relations  [NEW IMMIGRANTS SERIES]   (Anthropology)
Race / Ethnic Relations  [SUPPLEMENTAL PRODUCTS]   (Sociology)
Ethnographies for Cultural Anthropology  [NEW IMMIGRANTS SERIES]   (Anthropology)

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Yucatecans in Dallas, Texas: Breaching the Border, Bridging the Distance, 2e

by Rachel H. Adler

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New Pioneers in the Heartland: Hmong Life in Wisconsin

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From the Ganges to the Hudson: Indian Immigrants in New York City

by Johanna Lessinger

Salvadorans in Suburbia: Symbiosis and Conflict

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An Invisible Minority: Brazilians in New York City

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Changes and Conflicts: Korean Immigrant Families in New York

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A Visa for A Dream: Dominicans in the United States

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Pride against Prejudice: Haitians in the United States

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Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship: The New Chinese Immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area

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