ISBN:
9781469629766
,
9781469629759
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 237 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history
DDC:
331.5/440973
Keywords:
Seasonal Farm Laborers Program
;
Mexicans Race identity
;
Foreign workers, Mexican Political activity
;
History
;
Foreign workers, Mexican Social conditions
;
History
;
Foreign workers, Mexican Economic conditions
;
History
;
Foreign workers, Mexican History
;
Seasonal Farm Laborers Program
;
Mexicans
;
Foreign workers, Mexican
;
Foreign workers, Mexican
;
Foreign workers, Mexican
;
Foreign workers, Mexican
;
Mexiko
;
USA
;
Bracero Program
;
Landwirtschaft
;
Ausländische Arbeitnehmerin
;
Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer
;
Soziale Situation
;
Chicanos
;
Politik
;
Sexualverhalten
;
Ethnische Identität
Abstract:
"In this book, Mireya Loza sheds new light on the history of the Bracero Program (1942-1964), the binational agreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundreds of thousands of male Mexican workers to enter this country on temporary work permits. While this program and the issue of temporary workers has long been politicized on both sides of the border, Loza argues that the prevailing romanticized image of braceros as a family-oriented, productive, legal workforce has obscured the real, diverse experiences of the workers themselves. Focusing on underexplored aspects of workers' lives such as their transnational union organizing efforts, the sexual economies of both gay and straight workers, and the ethno-racial boundaries among Mexican indigenous braceros, Loza reveals how these men defied perceived political, sexual, and racial norms. Basing her work on an archive of more than 800 oral histories from the United States and Mexico, Loza is the first scholar to carefully differentiate between the experiences of Spanish-speaking guest workers and the many Mixtec, Zapotec, Purhepecha, and Mayan laborers. In doing so, she demonstrates how these transnational workers were able to forge new identities in the face of intense discrimination and exploitation"--
Abstract:
Introduction. Making braceros -- Interlude. Me modernicé -- Yo era indígena: race, modernity, and the transformational politics of transnational labor -- Interlude. ¡Yo le digo! -- In the camp's shadows: intimate economies in the Bracero Program -- Interlude. Documenting -- Unionizing the impossible: Alianza de Braceros Nacionales de México en los Estados Unidos -- Interlude. Ten percent -- La política de la dignidad: creating the Bracero Justice Movement -- Interlude. Performing masculinities -- Epilogue. Representing memory: braceros in the archive and museum
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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