Historias de Éxito within Mexican Communities [electronic resource] : Silenced Voices /
Pimentel, O.author.
Using qualitative research data on Mexican/Mexican Americans and their historias de éxito that center on Mexican centric concepts such as buen trabajador, bien educado, and buena gente, Octavio Pimentel reveals that when social networks guide personal goals in these communities, goals become community-oriented rather than personally-oriented.
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Using qualitative research data on Mexican/Mexican Americans and their historias de éxito that center on Mexican centric concepts such as buen trabajador, bien educado, and buena gente, Octavio Pimentel reveals that when social networks guide personal goals in these communities, goals become community-oriented rather than personally-oriented.
Introduction: Comparing Historias de éxito with success stories -- Research design and method -- Haciendo y compartiendo : Quetzin's Historia de éxito -- In search of prosperity at all costs : Luis's Historia de éxito -- What does all this mean? : implications and conclusions.
Ethnology—Latin America.
Ethnicity.
Social sciences.
Cultural studies.
America—History.
Area studies.
Latin American Culture.
Ethnicity Studies.
Social Sciences, general.
Cultural Studies.
History of the Americas.
Area Studies.