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The Border Reader
Edited by
Gilberto Rosas;
Gilberto Rosas
Gilberto Rosas is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Latina/o Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and author of
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Duke University Press
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This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved.
ISBN electronic:
978-1-4780-2719-5
Publication date:
2023
Book Chapter
Yo Era Indígena: Race, Modernity, and the Transformational Politics of Transnational Labor
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Published:September 2023
This chapter examines the experience of several indigenous communities in the Bracero Program. Recognizing the shifting meanings of race that indigenous migrants experienced in the United States, this chapter explores the formation of mid-twentieth-century racial constructs in Mexico and the subsequent role of indigeneity in the context of US and Mexican state nation-building projects.
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