Mexican voices of the border region
By: Laura Velasco Ortiz and Oscar F. Contreras ; with translations by Sandra del Castillo
Contributors: Contreras Montellano, Oscar F.
Series: Voices of Latin American life
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781592139088; 9781592139095; 9781592139101
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Living on the agricultural frontier : a farm worker in the San Quintin Valley; title: Home, sweet home : the life of an industrial homeworker; title: Sex without kisses, love with abuse : life as a sex worker; title: Juan unafraid : a straight-dealing drug trafficker; title: The life of an indigenous woman street vendor in Tijuana; title: Taking care of the chameleon : a caregiver-commuter; title: A border acrobat : living without documents on both sides; title: The Mexicali panther : from people smuggler to drug trafficker; title: Identity in balance : a Mexican American youth in California; title: Guarding the American dream : the obligations of a border patrol official.