Ethnography at the Border

by Pablo Vila

An illuminating account of life at the U.S.-Mexico border

For cultural theorists, "the border" has proven a fluid and hybrid space profitably explored for new ideas about identity, gender, and ethnicity. But for those who occupy this region, the border is not merely a metaphor, but a lived experience, yielding immediate, often pressing ambiguities, problems, and perils.

Focusing on a particular area of the U.S.-Mexico...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816640343
• ISBN13: 9780816640348
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.9"