Preface
Introduction
1. Meet the Lions
A Dog's Life: Luis
I Want Respect at My Job: Rene
Meet the Lions
The Lions
Il Vino Buono
What Does a Busboy Do?
How Do The Lions Compare to Other Groups of Workers?
2. Why is There Undocumented Migration?
Migration
in the mid-20th century: Papa Juan's Story
An Anthropology of Mexican Labor Migration to the U.S.
The Beginnings of Borders in North America
The Seeds of Globalization
The Roots Take Hold: The Breadbasket and the Bracero Program
Reaping the Harvest: the Political Production of
"Illegal Immigration"
Politics of Marginalization
Politics of Labor Reproduction
3. Jumping and Adjusting to Life Under the Radar
Migration: Chuy's Story
Life in Leon
Family Strategies
The Price of Crossing
Life Under the Radar: Papers
Life Under the Radar:
Getting Adjusted
Changing Ideas of Home: Return Migration and Return-Return Migration
4. Muy Unidos: Friends, Networks, and households
Having Friends Makes Things Easier: Alejandro
Utilizing a Social Network: Finding Work
Money and Respect: Assessing Jobs and Bosses
Getting
Paid and Managing Money
Utilizing a Social Network: Households
5. Echandole Ganas: Working Hard
A Little Extra: Roberto
Extra Work, Flexible Work
A Hypothetical Day in the Work Life of an Il Vino Busboy
Learning the Ropes: Humor and Hazing
Working as a Team
Covering
and Criticizing: Protecting the Group and Enforcing the Norms
Consent and Contradiction
6. Los Numero Uno: Identity, Dignity, and Esteem
They're good people: Lalo
Race, Class, and Illegality: Structural Dimensions of Mexican Immigrant Identity
The Dignity of Hard Work
On the
Margins of the "American Dream"
Gendered Identity and the Honor of Family Men
7. Illegals and Criminals: Racism, Nationalism, and the Criminalization of Low-Wage Labor
We wetbacks are people who like to work: Leonardo
Myths and Realities
Illegals and Criminals
Toward an
Anti-Nationalist, Anti-Racist Perspective on Immigration
Epilogue
Appendix: Interview Outline
Student Resource Guide
Notes
References
Index
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Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her work has been published in American Anthropologist and the Journal for Latino-Latin American Studies.
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