That little Mexican part of me: race, place and transnationalism among U.S. African-descent Mexicans
That little Mexican part of me: race, place and transnationalism among U.S. African-descent Mexicans
This article uses semi-structured interviews and participant observation to examine transnationalism and notions of race among first- and second-generation young adult Afro-descended Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in the United States. I suggest that transnationally inflected understandings of race encourage both generations to privilege place-based over ancestry-based racial identities. For the first generation, which is mostly undocumented, place is part of their socialization as Mexicans and a way to forge a more secure sense of belonging in the United States. For members of the second generation, place resolves their position as an anomalous “race” not recognized in the United States.
Afro-Mexican, Hispanic, United States, place, race
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Lewis, Laura
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2 May 2020
Lewis, Laura
3b8fef98-e0ff-4acf-879f-ed9b1c318890
Lewis, Laura
(2020)
That little Mexican part of me: race, place and transnationalism among U.S. African-descent Mexicans.
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 43 (6), .
(doi:10.1080/01419870.2019.1626016).
Abstract
This article uses semi-structured interviews and participant observation to examine transnationalism and notions of race among first- and second-generation young adult Afro-descended Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in the United States. I suggest that transnationally inflected understandings of race encourage both generations to privilege place-based over ancestry-based racial identities. For the first generation, which is mostly undocumented, place is part of their socialization as Mexicans and a way to forge a more secure sense of belonging in the United States. For members of the second generation, place resolves their position as an anomalous “race” not recognized in the United States.
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Accepted/In Press date: 29 April 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 5 June 2019
Published date: 2 May 2020
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Afro-Mexican, Hispanic, United States, place, race
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/431666
ISSN: 0141-9870
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