Mexican New York transnational lives of new immigrants / Robert Courtney Smith.

Contents Transnational life in ethnographic perspective -- Dual contexts for transnational life -- "Los ausentes siempre presentes" : imagining and making a local-level transnational political community -- The defeat of Don Victorio and why it matters : transnationalization, democratization, and regime change on local, state, and federal levels -- Gender strategies, settlement, and transnational life -- "In Ticuani, he goes crazy" : the second generation renegotiates gender in Ticuani -- "Padre Jesus is our protector" : adolescence, religion, and social location in New York and Ticuani -- "I'll go back next year" : local-level transnational life across the life course -- Defending your name in New York and Ticuani : the roots and transnationalization of Mexican gangs -- "Why you gotta mess up a good place?" : returning to a changed Ticuani.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 317-349) and index.
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LCCN 2005001616
ISBN0520244125 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520244133 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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