Format:
Online-Ressource (281 p)
ISBN:
9780520277854
Series Statement:
California Series in Public Anthropology v.34
Content:
The United States has seen a dramatic rise in the number of informal day labor sites in the last two decades. Typically frequented by Latin American men (mostly ""undocumented"" immigrants), these sites constitute an important source of unskilled manual labor. Despite day laborers' ubiquitous presence in urban areas, however, their very existence is overlooked in much of the research on immigration. While standing in plain view, these jornaleros live and work in a precarious environment: as they try to make enough money to send home, they are at the mercy of unscrupulous employers, doing dange
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Jornalero; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents ; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Brief Note on Language; Introduction; WORKING ON THE STREET; 1La Parada de Berkeley; 2 Friendship and the InnerWorkings of Day Labor; 3 Abuse and the AbsurdBureaucracy of Small Things; BETWIXT AND BETWEEN; 4 The "Other" among Others; 5 Bittersweet Nostalgia, Sexuality, and the Body at Risk; CITIZENSHIP AND OTHER SUCH VAGARIES; 6 Belonging; 7 Terror and the May Migra Panic; Conclusions; References; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520959965
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520277854
Additional Edition:
Print version Jornalero : Being a Day Laborer in the USA
Language:
English
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