Crossing Borders, Reinforcing Borders : : Social Categories, Metaphors, and Narrative Identities on the U.S.-Mexico Frontier /

Crossing Borders, Reinforcing Borders : : Social Categories, Metaphors, and Narrative Identities on the U.S.-Mexico Frontier / / Pablo Vila.

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Along the U.S.-Mexico frontier, where border crossings are a daily occurrence for many people, reinforcing borders is also a common activity. Not only does the U.S. Border Patrol strive to "hold the line" against illegal immigrants, but many residents on both sides of the border seek to de...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Vila, Pablo,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2000
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Inter-America Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PHOTOGRAPHS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1 THE MEXICAN SIDE: DISCOURSES OF REGION
  • Chapter 2 THE MEXICAN SIDE: DISCOURSES OF NATION
  • Chapter 3 THE EMPLOTMENT OF THE MEXICAN ON THE U.S. SIDE OF THE BORDER
  • Chapter 4 MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS AND THE “ALL POVERTY IS MEXICAN” NARRATIVE PLOT
  • Chapter 5 OPERATION BLOCKADE, OR WHEN PRIVATE NARRATIVES WENT PUBLIC
  • Chapter 6 DIALOGICAL SOCIAL SCIENCE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF NARRATING BETTER STORIES
  • Appendix CATEGORIES, INTERPELLATIONS, METAPHORS, AND NARRATIVES: A BRIEF THEORETICAL DISCUSSION
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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