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Rethinking generational categories at the border for Latino immigrants
- Author(s):
- Tina Catania (see profile)
- Date:
- 2014
- Group(s):
- Cultural Studies, Place Studies
- Subject(s):
- Culture, Human geography, Immigrants--Study and teaching, Hispanic Americans
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- borders, immigration, second-generation, U.S.-Mexico border, Cultural sociology, Immigration studies, Latinx
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6G498
- Abstract:
- In studies of immigration, generation is typically considered a static categorical system. I argue, however, that generation is a fluid construct and must be understood as place-based. Drawing on fieldwork conducted among Latino/as along the Texas–Mexico border, I seek to explore what current framings of generation leave out. Many in Laredo, Texas, see this border as allowing or preventing movement; these perceptions impact the constructions of generational categories. Cross-border travel, conceptualizations of place and immigration, and mixed-generational unions shape immigrant experiences, and in turn, affect concepts of generation. I conclude by offering ideas and inviting discussion on how the concept of generation can be re-worked to move beyond blunt categories and be re-conceptualized from the perspective of immigrants.
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- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article Show details
- Pub. DOI:
- 10.3167
- Pub. Date:
- Winter 2014
- Journal:
- Regions & Cohesion
- Volume:
- 4
- Issue:
- 3
- Page Range:
- 39 - 71
- ISSN:
- 21529078
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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