Alambrista and the U.S.-Mexico border : film, music, and stories of undocumented immigrants /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Cull, Nicholas John, Carrasco, David
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2004]
Subjects:	Alambrista (Motion picture) Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers > Social conditions > 20th century. Illegal aliens > United States > Social conditions > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Alambrista's inspiration : César Chávez and migrant farm workers / Richard Griswold del Castillo
The drama of immigration and the cry of the poor : the voices of Alambrista yesterday and today / Daniel Groody
Operation Gatekeeper : the war against the alambristas of the 1990s / Bill Ong Hing
Watching over Greater Mexico : recent Mexican initiatives on migration and the alambristas of the new millennium / Teresa Carrillo
Tightrope walking the border : Alambrista and the acrobatics of mestizo representation / Cordelia Candelaria
Border crossings : Alambrista and the cinema of Robert M. Young / Nicholas J. Cull
Robert Young and Alambrista / Howie Movshovitz
Notas en el viento : the musical soundtrack of Alambrista, director's cut / José B. Cuellar
Dark walking, making food, and giving birth to alambristas : religious dimensions in the film / Davíd Carrasco.