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Mexican Hometown Associations in Chicagoacán: From Local to Transnational Civic Engagement
Contributor(s): Bada, Xóchitl (Author)

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ISBN: 0813564921     ISBN-13: 9780813564920
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
OUR PRICE: $38.90  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2014
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Dewey: 305.868
LCCN: 2013027191
Series: Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the
Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.79 lbs) 242 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
 
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Publisher Description:
Chicago is home to the second-largest Mexican immigrant population in the United States, yet the activities of this community have gone relatively unexamined by both the media and academia. In this groundbreaking new book, X chitl Bada takes us inside one of the most vital parts of Chicago's Mexican immigrant community--its many hometown associations.

Hometown associations (HTAs) consist of immigrants from the same town in Mexico and often begin quite informally, as soccer clubs or prayer groups. As Bada's work shows, however, HTAs have become a powerful force for change, advocating for Mexican immigrants in the United States while also working to improve living conditions in their communities of origin. Focusing on a group of HTAs founded by immigrants from the state of Michoac n, the book shows how their activism has bridged public and private spheres, mobilizing social reforms in both inner-city Chicago and rural Mexico.

Bringing together ethnography, political theory, and archival research, Bada excavates the surprisingly long history of Chicago's HTAs, dating back to the 1920s, then traces the emergence of new models of community activism in the twenty-first century. Filled with vivid observations and original interviews, Mexican Hometown Associations in Chicagoac n gives voice to an underrepresented community and sheds light on an underexplored form of global activism.

 
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