Yucatecans in Dallas, Texas
Subtitle: breaching the border, bridging the distance
By: Rachel H. Adler.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: The new immigrants series
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9780205521029
Subjects: Mexican Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- Texas -- Dallas; Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Dallas -- Social conditions; Immigrants -- Texas -- Dallas -- Social conditions; Assimilation (Sociology) -- Texas -- Dallas; Dallas (Tex.) -- Ethnic relations; Dallas (Tex.) -- Emigration and immigration; Yucatán (Mexico : State) -- Emigration and immigration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Kaal as context; title: Yucatan in the context of United States-Mexico migration; title: Living in Kaal; title: The meaning of "Mayanness"; title: Yucatecans in the "Big D"; title: Racial and ethnic relations in Dallas; title: The Yucatecans in Dallas; title: Crossing the line : migrants and the U.S.-Mexico border; title: U.S. migration law, border crossing, and transnational migration; title: The border crossing process; title: Effects of border crossing; title: Border crossing : "weapon of the weak"; title: Migrant agendas and transnationalism; title: Yucatecan migrant agendas; title: Migrant agendas : two examples; title: Circumventing the nation-state; title: Dallas-Yucatan transnational migration; title: Goods and information; title: Women and men migrants; title: Women and men from Kaal : gendered social spheres; title: Case studies of migrant couples; title: Discussion of the cases; title: Conclusion : Yucatecan men and women in Dallas; title: Yucatecan migrants and social change; title: Final thoughts : will transnationalism last?