Mexican New York : transnational lives of new immigrants / Robert Courtney Smith.

Author/creator Smith, Robert C., 1964-
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
Descriptionx, 375 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Mexican Americans--New York (State). --New York. --Social conditions.
Immigrants--New York (State). --New York. --Social conditions.
Transnationalism.
United States--Relations. --Mexico.
Mexico--Relations. --United States.
New York (N.Y.)--Emigration and immigration.
Puebla (Mexico : State)--Emigration and immigration.
New York (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations.

Contents [new title to come] -- Mexican immigrants in New York and Puebla : the dual contexts for transnational life -- "Los ausentes siempre presentes" : imagining and making a local-level transnational political community -- The defeat of Don Victorio and why it matters : transnationalization, democratization, and regime change on local, state, and federal levels -- Gender strategies, settlement, and transnational life -- "In Ticuani, he goes crazy" : the second generation renegotiates gender in Ticuani -- "Padre Jesus is our protector" : adolescence, religion, and social location in New York and Ticuani -- "I'll go back next year" : local-level transnational life across the life course -- Defending your name in New York and Ticuani : the roots and transnationalization of Mexican gangs -- "Why you gotta mess up a good place?" : returning to a changed Ticuani.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 317-349) and index.
LCCN 2005001616
ISBN0520244125 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520244133 (pbk. : alk. paper)