Migrant Imaginaries: Latino Cultural Politics in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

Winner of the 2009 Lora Romero First Book Prize from the American Studies Association
2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Explores the transnational movements of Mexican migrants, including their expressive culture and social movement practices

Migrant Imaginaries explores the transnational movements of Mexican migrants in pursuit of labor and civil rights in the United States from the 1920s onward. Working through key historical moments such as the 1930s, the Chicano Movement, and contempo...