The Border as a Life Experience: Identities, Asymmetry and Border Crossing between Mexico and the United States
This article analyzes the effects of the Mexico-United States geopolitical border in social and cultural differentiation, using the crossing experience as the analytical core. Based in 60 life histories of residents of the Mexico-USA border region, a typology of life experiences structured around bo...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | El Colegio de la Frontera Norte |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio Institucional de El Colegio de la Frontera Norte |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:colef.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1014/512 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://colef.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1014/512 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Mexico-USA border region info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Border crossing info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Experienced border info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Border identities info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Cultural borders info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Frontera México-Estados Unidos info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Cruce de fronteras info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Frontera vivida info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Identidades fronterizas info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Fronteras culturales info:eu-repo/classification/cti/5 |
| Sumario: | This article analyzes the effects of the Mexico-United States geopolitical border in social and cultural differentiation, using the crossing experience as the analytical core. Based in 60 life histories of residents of the Mexico-USA border region, a typology of life experiences structured around border crossing is developed, including a wide range of life experiences, from those that involve never having crossed the border to those that are precisely the product of border crossing. The experienced border encompasses the subjectified experience of the region, integrating both the meaning of crossing and the structural elements that historically have defined the border: proximity, asymmetry, and interaction. |
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