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Becoming neighbors in a Mexican American community : power, conflict, and solidarity /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ochoa, Gilda L., 1965-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Mexican Americans > California > La Puente > Social conditions.
Mexican Americans > California > La Puente > Politics and government.
Immigrants > California > La Puente > Social conditions.
Ethnic neighborhoods > California > La Puente.
Community life > California > La Puente.
Social conflict > California > La Puente.
La Puente (Calif.) > Social conditions.
La Puente (Calif.) > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introducing Becoming neighbors
  • Theorizing about Mexican American-Mexican immigrant relations in "Occupied Mexico"
  • "Where the past meets the future" : centering La Puente
  • "This is who I am" : negotiating racial/ethnic constructions
  • "Between a rock and a hard place, with no easy answers" : structuring conflict
  • "We can't forget our roots" : building solidarity
  • Constructing Puentes : Mexican American and Mexican immigrant mobilization
  • Revisiting and envisioning the processes of Becoming neighbors.