Jalos, USA : transnational community and identity /

In Jalos, USA, Alfredo Mirandé explores migration between the Mexican town of Jalostotitlán, Jalisco, and Turlock, California, and shows how migrants retain a primal identity with their community of origin. The study examines how family, gender, courtship, religion and culture promote a Mexicanized...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mirandé, Alfredo (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Jalostotitlán (Mexico) > Relations > Texas > Turlock. Turlock (Calif.) > Relations > Mexico > Jalostotitlán. Jalostotitlán (Mexico) > Emigration and immigration. Turlock (Calif.) > Emigration and immigration. Mexicans > California > Turlock > Social conditions. Jalostotitlán (Mexico) > Social conditions. Turlock (Calif.) > Social conditions. Transnationalism > Case studies. Group identity > Case studies. Community life > Case studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.

Table of Contents:

Jalostotitlán and Turlock : Introduction
Las Fiestas : "Volver, Volver, Volver"
Courtship and Marriage : "Dando la Serenata"
"El Rey" : Changing Conceptions of Ranchero Masculinity
"El Que Quiere Puede!" (He Who Wants to, Can!) : Early Turlock Settlers
Jalos, USA
Toribio Romo : "El Padre Pollero" (The Holy Coyote)
A Theory of Transnational Identity.