Border Lives: Fronterizos, Transnational Migrants, and Commuters in Tijuana (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199380589)

In Border Lives, Sergio Ch疱ez moves past Tijuana's notorious image as a hub of sex, drugs, and crime to tell the story of the diverse group of individuals who use both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border as a resource to construct their livelihoods. Based on ethnographic observation and in-depth interviews, Ch疱ez explores the complex and often contradictory ways in which the border influences the livelihood strategies and lifestyles of border crossers. The border shapes respondents' knowledge and relationships, controls their time, and allows them to convert U.S. wages into a Mexican standard of living without losing the social and cultural comforts of Tijuana-as-home. A substantial contribution to migration and labor studies, Border Lives provides empirical grounding to theories of how geographical borders shape human action.

Author: Sergio Ch疱ez
ISBN-10: 0199380589
ISBN-13: 9780199380589
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 03/02/2016
Pages: 222
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2016