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The dream fields of Florida : Mexican farmworkers and the myth of belonging /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schmidt, Ella
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2009]
Subjects:
Foreign workers, Mexican > Florida > Social conditions > Case studies.
Agricultural laborers > Florida > Social conditions > Case studies.
Children of foreign workers > Florida > Social conditions > Case studies.
Immigrants > Florida > Social conditions > Case studies.
Immigrants > Cultural assimilation > Florida > Case studies.
Group identity > Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • The hidden, shameful presence
  • The imposition of identities
  • Identities, localities, globalities
  • Schools as alienating institutions
  • Rituals of daily life: past sorrows, present prides
  • Straddling the tracks: Mexican farmworkers and the politics of identity
  • Conclusions.