The U.S.-Mexico Border: Transcending Divisions, Contesting Identities

Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers 1998

The U.S.-Mexico Border

Transcending Divisions, Contesting Identities

Edited by: David Spener and Kathleen Staudt

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685859183

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About this book

Presents the U.S.-Mexico border as a site from which to survey both the social and economic networks and the issues of identity and symbolism that surround borders.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Kathleen Staudt Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Part 1 Conceptualizing Borders
1 The View from the Frontier: Theoretical Perspectives Undisciplined Kathleen Staudt and David Spener Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2 Nations and Borders: Romantic Nationalism and the Project of Modernity Víctor Zúñiga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Part 2 Economic, Political, and Social Organization on the Border
3 Re-Presenting the Public Interest on the U.S.-Mexico Border Michelle A. Saint-Germain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
4 Small Business, Social Capital, and Economic Integration on the Texas-Mexico Border David Spener and Bryan R. Roberts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
5 Visiting the Mother Country: Border-Crossing as a Cultural Practice Olivia Ruiz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
6 Mexico. Reflects on the United States: Colonias, Politics, and Public Services in Fragmented Federalism Kathleen Staudt, Angélica Holguin and Magda Alarcon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Part 3 Bordered Identities
7 Globalizing Tenochtitlán? Feminist Geo-Politics: Mexico City as Borderland Julie A. Murphy Erfani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
8 Border Signs: Graffiti, Contested Identities, and Everyday Resistance in Los Angeles Bradley J. Macdonald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
9 The Competing Meanings of the Label "Chicano" in El Paso Pablo Vila Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Part 4 Debordering and Rebordering
10 New Relationships Between Territory and State: The U.S.-Mexico Border in Perspective Mathias Albert and Lothar Brock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
11 Conclusion: Rebordering David Spener and Kathleen Staudt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
About the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
About the Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264

Language: English
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 264

eBook

Published: June 21, 2022
ISBN: 9781685859183