Mixtec Activism in Oaxacalifornia : Transborder Grassroots Political Strategies  

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Rivera-Salgado, Gaspar

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: American Behavioral Scientist vol. 42 no. 09 (Jun. 1999), page 1439-1458.
Topik: Mixtec Migrants; Transnational
Fulltext: 16. Mixtec Activism in Oaxacalifornia - Transborder Grassroots Political Strategies.pdf (2.19MB)

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In the context of the globalization of capital and the increased mobility of labor across international borders, this article analyzes the experience of indigenous migrant workers from the state ofOaxaca who have formed permanent communities in northern Mexico and in California. It focuses specifically on the experience of the Mixtec transnational community whose participation in the Frente Indigena Oaxaqueno Binacional has strengthened and changed the ethnic identities that hold together these communities across a fractured geography of different borders (at the local, state, and international levels) and has served as one of the bases to organize across these transnational borders. This analysis contributes to an understanding of how the activism of transnational political organizations promotes the construction of new political alliances along ethnic lines in a post-melting-pot California and the consolidation of indigenous migrant organizations within the context of increasing U.S.-Mexican economic integration.

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