Ethnography At The Border Vila Paperback John Wiley & Sons 9780816640348

Ethnography at the BorderAuthor(s): Pablo Vila\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Minnesota Press, United States\nImprint: University of Minnesota Press\nISBN-13: 9780816640348, 978-0816640348\nSynopsis\nAn illuminating account of life at the [url] border\n\nFor 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. \n\nFocusing on a particular area of the [url] border, Ciudad Juarez-El Paso, Ethnography at the Border brings out the complexity of the border experience through the voices of the diverse people who inhabit the region. In a series of ethnographic essays that investigate specific aspects of border existence, the contributors provide rich and detailed insights into such topics as life in illegal subdivisions, call.