ISBN:
9780813564937
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (242 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States
Series Statement:
Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Mexican Hometown Associations in Chicagoacán : From Local to Transnational Civic Engagement
DDC:
305.868/72073077311
Keywords:
Michoacaan de Ocampo (Mexico) - Emigration and immigration
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Chicago is home to the second-largest Mexican immigrant population in the United States, yet the activities of this community have gone relatively unexamined by both the media and academia. In this groundbreaking new book, Xóchitl Bada takes us inside one of the most vital parts of Chicago's Mexican immigrant community-its many hometown associations.Hometown associations (HTAs) consist of immigrants from the same town in Mexico and often begin quite informally, as soccer clubs or prayer groups. As Bada's work shows, however, HTAs have become a powerful force for change, advocati
Abstract:
〈DIV〉 In this groundbreaking new book, 〈i〉Mexican Hometown Associations in Chicagoacán〈/i〉, Xóchitl Bada reveals how Mexican hometown associations, groups consisting of immigrants from the same small towns, have become a surprisingly powerful force for mobilizing social change in both the United States and Mexico. By giving voice to the members of a group of Chicago-based hometown associations from the state of Michoacán, Xóchitl Bada draws much larger conclusions about the emergence and global impact of new transnational forms of community activism. 〈/div〉
Description / Table of Contents:
Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Migrant Generosity and Transnational Civic Engagement; 2. The Transformation of Mexican Migrant Organizations; 3. Genealogies of Hometown Associations; 4. Migrant Clubs to the Rescue; 5. Participatory Planning across Borders; 6. Expanding Agendas and Building Transnational Coalitions; Notes; References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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