Border Identifications Narratives of Religion, Gender, and Class on the U. S. -Mexico Border
| Author/creator | Vila, Pablo Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Austin : University of Texas Press |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Summary | Annotation In this book, Vila continues the exploration of identities he began in Crossing Borders, Reinforcing Borders by looking at how religion, gender, and class also affect people's identifications of self and "others" among Mexican nationals, Mexican immigrants, Mexican Americans, Anglos, and African Americans in the Cuidad Juá rez-El Paso area. Among the many fascinating issues he raises are how the perception that "all Mexicans are Catholic" affects Mexican Protestants and Pentecostals; how the discourse about proper gender roles may feed the violence against women that has made Juá rez the "women's murder capital of the world"; and why class consciousness is paradoxically absent in a region with great disparities of wealth. His research underscores the complexity of the process of social identification and confirms that the idealized notion of "hybridity" is only partially adequate to define people's identity on the U.S.-Mexico border. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780292797130 |
| ISBN | 0292797133 (E-Book) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780292797130 |
| Stock number | 00027426 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |