Title: Border lives : fronterizos, transnational migrants, and commuters in Tijuana /
Authors: Chávez, Sergio R.,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Immigrants Mexico Baja California (Peninsula) Social conditions.; Transnationalism.; Economic history; Emigration and immigration Social aspects; Immigrants Social conditions; Social conditions.; Transnationalism; Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Emigration and immigration Social aspects.; San Diego (Calif.) Emigration and immigration Social aspects.; Mexican-American Border Region Social conditions.; Mexican-American Border Region Economic conditions.; California San Diego; Mexico Baja California (Peninsula); Mexico Tijuana (Baja California); North America Mexican-American Border Region
Abstract: 'Border Lives' tells the story of former, current, and future border crossers who live in Tijuana and use the border as a resource to construct their livelihoods. Drawing on almost a year and a half of ethnographic data, Sergio Chávez demonstrates the ways in which the border can be both a resource and a constraint on people's lives.
Contents: Crafting border livelihoods -- The occupational careers of ex-braceros -- Becoming a border commuter -- Strategies for crossing the border through (non)inspection -- Border networks -- Conclusion: lessons from Tijuana.