Clandestine Crossings : : Migrants and Coyotes on the Texas-Mexico Border /

Clandestine Crossings : : Migrants and Coyotes on the Texas-Mexico Border / / David Spener.

Clandestine Crossings delivers an in-depth description and analysis of the experiences of working-class Mexican migrants at the beginning of the twenty-first century as they enter the United States surreptitiously with the help of paid guides known as coyotes. Drawing on ethnographic observations of...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Spener, David,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]
©2010
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 3 halftones, 5 tables, 2 charts/graphs, 3 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Terminology Used in This Book
  • Introduction. Lives on the Line
  • 1. The Unfolding of Apartheid in South Texas: Domination, Resistance, and Migration
  • 2. Clandestine Crossing at the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century: The Long March through the Brush Country
  • 3. Coyotaje as a Cultural Practice Applied to Migration
  • 4. Coyotaje and Migration in the Contemporary Period
  • 5. Trust, Distrust, and Power: The Social Embeddedness of Coyote-Assisted Border-Crossings
  • 6. Passing Judgment: Coyotes in the Discourse of Clandestine Border-Crossing
  • Conclusion. Ending Apartheid at the Border
  • Data Sources and Research Methods
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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