Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Cruz-Manjarrez documents important aspects of indigenous immigrant identity formation in Los Angeles and Yalálag, Oaxaca, particularly of immigrant youth, adding to our understanding of urban indigenous incorporation in the United States." -- Lynn Stephen * author of Transborder Lives *
"This rich ethnography reveals how ethnic identity and community membership are negotiated across borders and generations, including an especially original analysis of public cultural expression through community dance." -- Jonathan Fox * University of California, Santa Cruz *
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Zapotecs on the Move offers a valuable account of the complexities of transnationalism through a deep analysis of the experience of Yalaltecos in Oaxaca and Los Angeles." * International Migration Review *
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Zapotecs on the Move] elegantly advances anthropological understandings of the topic of migrations/immigrations/emigrations between Mexico and the United States … I highly recommend this book to scholars interested in the international movement of culture, memory and the politics of assimilation, and identity projects in Mexico or the United States." * The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology *
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Zapotecs on the Move is an important contribution to scholarship on transnational communities and culture, migration and immigrant identity formation." * Ethnic and Racial Studies Review *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Yalálag Zapotecs
2. Building Community and Connections in Los Angeles
3. Community Life across Borders
4. Yalálag Zapotec Identities in a Changing World
5. Identities of the Second-Generation Yalálag Zapotecs
6. Danzas Chuscas: Performing Status, Violence, and Gender in Oaxacalifornia
7. Community and Culture in Transnational Perspective
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Glossary
References
Index
