Working the Boundaries Race, Space, And Illegality in Mexican Chicago

Summary: "Emphasizing a processual ethnographic approach that historicizes subjectivity,Working the Boundariesanalyzes transnational migration, racialization, class struggle, and state repression expressed through 'illegality' toward Mexicans in late-twentieth-century Chicago. Nicholas De Genova vividly renders 'Mexican Chicago,' where social relations are simultaneously imbricated in the U.S. political project of regulating ...labor and immigration and Mexican workers' immersion in regional economies and politics in Mexico. His at times provocative assessments of current scholarship will engender further clarity in research and policy discussions about Mexican migration, contributing to American studies, Chicana/o studies, and the ethnography of North America."-Patricia Zavella, coeditor ofChicana Feminisms: A Critical Reader [read more]