Shadowed Lives Undocumented Immigrants in American Society

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ISBN: 9781133588450 | 113358845X
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 3/12/2012

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One of the few case studies of undocumented immigrants available, this insightful anthropological analysis humanizes a group of people too often reduced to statistics and stereotypes. The hardships of Hispanic migration are conveyed in the immigrants' own voices while the author's voice raises questions about power, stereotypes, settlement, and incorporation into American society.

Foreword	p. v
Author's Preface and Acknowledgments to the Second Edition	p. xi
Preface to the Third Edition	p. xv
Introduction/Transition and Incorporation	p. 1
Anthropology and Undocumented Migration	p. 2
Migrants, Settlers, and Transnationals	p. 4
Answering the Questions	p. 6
Fieldwork: Finding the Unfindable	p. 7
Roots of Mexican Immigration in the 20th Century	p. 9
Overview of Chapters	p. 13
The Setting	p. 17
Undocumented Immigrants and the Larger Society	p. 20
Local Reactions to ôIllegal Aliensö	p. 24
Separation	p. 29
Migration as a Part of Family History	p. 30
Target Earners	p. 34
Dissatisfaction with Local Economic Opportunities	p. 34
The ImmigrantÆs Dream	p. 38
Female Immigrants	p. 39
Family Conflicts	p. 41
Adventure and Curiosity	p. 42
Central American Immigrants	p. 44
Final Thoughts	p. 48
Crossing Borders	p. 49
The Border Zone	p. 49
The Soccer Field Experience	p. 54
Memories of Crossing the Border	p. 57
Crossing the Hills with Family	p. 61
Avoiding the Hills	p. 63
Central Americans: Many Borders to Cross	p. 65
Risks of Separation	p. 66
The Border as Political Theater	p. 70
Borders and Liminality	p. 72
Life on the Farm	p. 75
Life in the Camps	p. 76
Relations Back Home	p. 84
Discardable Workers	p. 86
Women and Children in the Canyons	p. 88
Marginality and Incorporation	p. 92
Settled Farmworkers	p. 93
Suburban Shantytown and Refuge	p. 97
The Migrant Problem	p. 98
A Community at Green Valley	p. 103
Life in the Camp	p. 110
Green Valley's Final Days	p. 115
Street-Corner Employment	p. 115
The Health Department	p. 120
The Final Days	p. 124
Green ValleyÆs Demolition	p. 126
Alter Green Valley	p. 128
Final Thoughts on Green Valley	p. 130
The Continuing Saga of Migrant Camps	p. 132
Families and Children	p. 135
Transnational Families and Reunited Families	p. 136
Marriage	p. 142
Domestic Groups	p. 143
Social Networks and ôDaughter Communitiesö	p. 148
Binational Families and the Politics of Reproduction	p. 151
Work	p. 157
The Quest for Work	p. 158
The Steady Worker	p. 161
Women and Domestic Work	p. 163
The Work Ethic	p. 168
English and Work	p. 170
Earnings and Mobility	p. 172
Final Thoughts	p. 174
Learning to Live as an "Illegal Alien"	p. 177
Home as a Refuge	p. 179
Implications of Being Apprehended	p. 181
Apprehension Experiences	p. 183
Fear and Behavior	p. 189
Seeking the Security of Documentation	p. 190
Incorporation	p. 193
Economic Incorporation	p. 194
Social Incorporation	p. 194
Cultural Incorporation	p. 198
Personal Incorporation	p. 203
Incorporation and the Larger Society	p. 206
Undocumented Immigrants as Threats to the Nation	p. 208
A New Nativism and Mexican Immigration	p. 209
Epilogue	p. 213
Bibliography	p. 227
Glossary	p. 237
Appendix / Films on Undocumented Immigrants	p. 239
Index	p. 241
Permissions	p. 251
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