Labor and Legality: An Ethnography of a Mexican Immigrant Network by Gomberg-Mu?oz, Ruth
Labor and Legality: An Ethnography of a Mexican Immigrant Network by Gomberg-Mu?oz, Ruth

Labor and Legality: An Ethnography of a Mexican Immigrant Network

Winner of the 2011 ALLA Book Award honorable mention! Labor and Legality: An Ethnography of a Mexican...
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Author: Ruth Gomberg-Mu?oz
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Language: English
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Labor and Legality: An Ethnography of a Mexican Immigrant Network by Gomberg-Mu?oz, Ruth

Labor and Legality: An Ethnography of a Mexican Immigrant Network

$163.89
Labor and Legality: An Ethnography of a Mexican Immigrant Network by Gomberg-Mu?oz, Ruth

Labor and Legality: An Ethnography of a Mexican Immigrant Network

$163.89
Author: Ruth Gomberg-Mu?oz
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Winner of the 2011 ALLA Book Award honorable mention!

Labor and Legality: An Ethnography of a Mexican Immigrant Network is an ethnography of undocumented immigrants who work as busboys at a Chicago-area restaurant. Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz introduces readers to the Lions, ten friends from Mexico committed to improving their fortunes and the lives of their families. Set in and around "Il Vino," a restaurant that could stand in for many places that employ undocumented workers, Labor and Legality reveals the faces behind the war being waged over "illegal aliens" in America. Gomberg-Muñoz focuses on how undocumented workers develop a wide range of social strategies to cultivate financial security, nurture emotional well-being, and promote their dignity and self-esteem. She also reviews the political and historical circumstances of undocumented migration, with an emphasis on post-1970 socioeconomic and political conditions in the United States and Mexico.

Labor and Legality is one of several volumes in the Issues of Globalization: Case Studies in Contemporary Anthropology series, which examines the experiences of individual communities in our contemporary world. Each volume offers a brief and engaging exploration of a particular issue arising from globalization and its cultural, political, and economic effects on certain peoples or groups. Ideal for introductory anthropology courses-and as supplements for a variety of upper-level courses-these texts seamlessly combine portraits of an interconnected and globalized world with narratives that emphasize the agency of their subjects.

Author: Ruth Gomberg-Mu?oz
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 08/25/2010
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780199739387

About the Author
Ruth Gomberg-Mu?oz is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Loyola University Chicago. Her work has been published in American Anthropologist, Human Organization, and The DuBois Review.
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