Mexican Border Crossers: The Mexican Body in Immigration Discourse
The writers discuss the concept of the U.S.-Mexico border as a transnational and transcultural social space denoting nationhood and identity. They describe how the border can be utilized to unite land and people into a uniform portrayal of social and cultural representations. They reject conventiona...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2008
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Social justice
Year: 2008, Volume: 35, Issue: 4, Pages: 99-106 |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
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Summary: | The writers discuss the concept of the U.S.-Mexico border as a transnational and transcultural social space denoting nationhood and identity. They describe how the border can be utilized to unite land and people into a uniform portrayal of social and cultural representations. They reject conventional wisdom that the border is a fixed concept that demarcates “us” from “them” and argue instead that the border is continuously changing in form and meaning. |
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