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Salvadoran imaginaries : mediated identities and cultures of consumption /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rivas, Cecilia M., 1978- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
Series:Latinidad.
Subjects:
Salvadoran Americans > Social conditions.
El Salvador > Emigration and immigration.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
Transnationalism.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : imaginaries of transnationalism
  • Tracing the borderless in "Departamento 15"
  • The desperate images
  • Vega's disgust
  • Exporting voices : aspirations and fluency in the call center
  • Heart of the city : life and spaces of consumption in San Salvador
  • Conclusion : renewing narratives of connection and distance.